Man punches nurse for removing wife's burqa during c-section

[riderinthestorm]

86. You can try to rationalize it all you want but full female shrouding is not religious

There's absolutely nothing in the Quran that dictates that kind of garment is religious. None. If men and women have mistaken notions on this garment that is not my fault. The law will decide these things (like in France for example). The US is no different. We don't allow women to wear a niqab or burqa for a driver's license or to go into a bank because it's already been established that it's not religious - its cultural and can/should be removed upon request. We certainly do dictate religious garb in the public square. As I've already stated, we don't let Aboriginal women go naked or near naked (for example) which is THEIR version of cultural "dress" AND even more strictly religious than virtually any other piece of religious display someone wants to adopt in the public square.

Bottom line is that we can and do tell women especially what they can and cannot wear in public - legally and with the full support of the community.

It is NOT religious bigotry to point out that a particular cultural artifact is damaging to women. We do it with FGM as another example - or do you think we should also "allow" that particular "religious" (cough) practice? Oh riiiight... THAT one is only cultural?