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Yep. Just another example, of many, where someone uses religion as a tool for power. Happens all the time.

I had no idea that you were such a champion for women's rights in other countries that you've never been to. Good for you! That's admirable.

The off-topic posts and thread hijacking attempts have been removed.

Is it weird that I understand all of the jargon on that show?

Clearly, religious convictions is neither legitimate nor a good cause. Boy, there's a slippery slope. I don't want to be at the bottom of that one.

Nobody here is suggesting otherwise. There are some, however, that have suggested Muslims should not be able to practice their religion in this country at all. I'm quite well versed in the matter, thanks. It was a minor component, one that was made by primarily by western women who don't agree...

Our laws have never been designed to honor the tenets of any religion. You apply neutral laws in a neutral fashion. If someone wants to give testimony in court or make a legal claim, while wearing a burqa, they'll have to choose which one they want to do. Otherwise, it's large brown paper bags...

Normally I would not jump into this forum, but as a Moderator it's my job. You're dispensing incredibly bad medical advice, and using an irrelevant medical study, which you clearly do not understand, to support that advice. The supporting study, which you incompletely and inaccurately quoted (by...

That's sort of true, kind of. There is nothing in the Qu'ran that explicitly requires women be covered up with a burqa or hajib. It's the interpretations of the passages wherein the rubber meets the road. It's like one interpretation of the Bible (you know, the collection of God's Word)...

Correct. Otherwise, we'd have witnesses in court wearing KKK hoods and paper bags, just makin' stuff up about you.

Yes it does. Sultaana Freeman famously lost her Florida driver's license when she refused to remove her veil for the photo. Islamic law has exceptions that allow women to expose their faces if it serves a public good, like in testifying in a court case, actually, and that arrangements could...

The Sixth Amendment guarantees the right of the accused "to be confronted with the witnesses against him." If someone wants to testify against you while covered up, they can be forced to remove the face covering as a condition of testifying, or they cannot testify and their testimony would be...

I was recently in Laredo at the J where there was a snotload of cargo vans. Not one of them actually arrived on a snot. Across the street at the TA was a boatload of vans. Not a boat in sight. That's because people are naturally wary of anything different, and are are afraid of what they don't...

I've seen spare parts at several TAs, usually the larger ones. But if you can't find one there, I'd look at these places. Koolatron Spare Parts for Coolers and Warmer F70025 Koolatron DC Power Cord. S. King Co.

The 25 weeks of unemployment compensation from the State is earned, but the extended additional 48 weeks of Federal unemployment benefits is not.

Actually, the Lexington-Fayette County ordinance doesn't apply to burqas. It only applies to masks, disguises and regalia (fancy, splendid or special clothing). A burqa isn't any of those. It isn't a mask, it isn't an intention to hide one's identity, and as it is normal every day attire, it...

The term "repression" is subjective, and relative. One person's repression is another's freedom to worship as they please. Many people believe, for example, that Christian women are repressed by their church and their husbands. Christian men, and most Christian women disagree, of course, just as...

Why? It forces Muslim women to either abandon their religious practices, or remain under virtial house arrest. On a public street or in a park?

Beginning in 2015 women will be allowed for the first time to vote in Saudi Arabia. They will still not be able to vote in Vatican City. In North Korea women are not allowed to wear pants. Same with Sudan. Same with Swaziland. In France women are forbidden from wearing a burqa. Freedom of speech...