(November 29, 2015 at 8:46 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: As much as I hate burqas and what they stand for, a person should have the freedom to wear whatever they want or whatever they think they want.
Agree with that CL. Just as I would like to wear a balaclava round the shopping mall if I want to. However I would expect to be asked to remove it if I wanted to enter, for instance, a bank, or indeed any other private premises whose owners were uncomfortable with not being able to see my face. Wear what you like in public as a matter of personal freedom (so long as it conforms to laws on decency etc.), but don't expect to be welcomed into my shop or house. Also expect extra scrutiny from the authorities in these times.
To that extent I disagree with the French ban.
Grimesy
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful. — Edward Gibbon
