France stands by veil ban after riots

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27. IT's France.

A lot of their secularism is rooted in staunch anti-clericalism. The idea was to reduce the Church's authority and power to zero by removing it not only from government but largely from the public sphere. It worked.

However there's also a government purpose in limiting the full face-covering and a number of states have tussled with this in the courts. The results before I tuned out were mixed. In one case I remember the woman was allowed to be a MBO (mobile black object) on her drivers license. You can see how that would be a problem. How do you prove that the MBO in the car is the MBO in the drivers license? What good's the ID for identification?

In another state, a woman was told that objection or not, she had to have her face photographed for her ID and, if stopped, had to show her face to the police officer.

Don't remember how that was resolved.

Public safety in general shouldn't be an issue. Granted, militants have cross-dressed to escape or to infiltrate (nothing like a burqa-wearing bomber that has to use the men's room). But all kinds of masks get used. As long as there's a requirement that, if asked by somebody in authority presenting sufficient credentials it can be lowered with an uprising, that should suffice.