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**GfBTWMmV** · 07-14-2010, 04:52 AM

There's a significant difference between religious customs that physically hurt and maim, and those that do not. Female circumcision is the same as wearing a yarmulke? C'mon.

I disagree, vehemently, with banning veils, yarmulkes and crosses. If a woman wants to wear one, that's her choice. If she's wearing a burka, she's not going to be running very quickly away from a bank robbery and if she needs to prove her identity at a bank or something like that, she can lift the veil for a woman teller. And I don't think we can force a woman to reject the role her religion demands -- we can just provide examples of alternatives.

07-14-2010, 04:52 AM	#3
GfBTWMmV Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 431 Senior Member	There's a significant difference between religious customs that physically hurt and maim, and those that do not. Female circumcision is the same as wearing a yarmulke? C'mon. I disagree, vehemently, with banning veils, yarmulkes and crosses. If a woman wants to wear one, that's her choice. If she's wearing a burka, she's not going to be running very quickly away from a bank robbery and if she needs to prove her identity at a bank or something like that, she can lift the veil for a woman teller. And I don't think we can force a woman to reject the role her religion demands -- we can just provide examples of alternatives.
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