(July 2, 2014 at 5:31 am)Cato Wrote:(July 2, 2014 at 2:48 am)Jacob(smooth) Wrote: I think this is exactly the same as gay marriage. Don't want one? Don't get one. But don't take it on yourself to stop other people getting one!
I would agree if this dress code were simply voluntary. I can't argue that some muslim women volunteer to abide, but some women go to great lengths to protest the dress code. How can we determine if someone really likes the trash bag look, versus being forced to wear it by someone that will at a minimum beat the shit out of them for disobedience? The idea of compulsion makes your gay marriage analogy untenable.
I too have qualms about this ban, especially since one of the exceptions to the rule is religious processions. I don't think it's a public safety issue. It's anti Muslim pure and simple. And while I don't like Islam I do believe in freedom of religion.
The problem is as Cato points out that it really is difficult to tell how voluntary it is on the part of women.
I think France might do better to really enforce existing French laws about spouse and child abuse in the Muslim community rather than letting those things slide as "cultural."
But I must admit, a small mean part of my brain says "Yay France."
Can you tell I'm confused and torn?
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.
