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gcomeau

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5. Would be permitted? Probably not. *Should* be though.

Reply to Yorktown (Reply #4)

Wed Nov 18, 2015, 08:41 PM

Nov 2015

Or an Illinois Nazi would be free to come in Nazi uniform?

A Nazi uniform is an *explicit* threatening gesture towards specific minority groups in a manner that is far removed from any objection you or I may have to a Niqab.

Wearing a full face cover at a secular oath taking is a political statement.

Not if she's simply obeying what she believes her general religious wardrobe requirements are it isn't.

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Justin Trudeau's government drops controversial niqab appeal [View all] Eugene Nov 2015 OP

Saw that. Trudeau is mad. Yorktown Nov 2015 #1

No, he really isn't. gcomeau Nov 2015 #3

OK, so naturists would be free to take an oath naked? Yorktown Nov 2015 #4

Would be permitted? Probably not. *Should* be though. gcomeau Nov 2015 #5

A religious statement IS a political statement Yorktown Nov 2015 #6

Only if it is made to be one. gcomeau Nov 2015 #7

No, I told you, Islam claims to be a way of life Yorktown Nov 2015 #8

You view of Islam, even if correct... gcomeau Nov 2015 #9

True. But that is true for half of the believers Yorktown Nov 2015 #10

First... gcomeau Nov 2015 #11

Easy answers Yorktown Nov 2015 #12

Not so easy. gcomeau Nov 2015 #13

I'm going to enjoy this discussion Yorktown Nov 2015 #14

Feel free to enjoy it as much as you want... gcomeau Nov 2015 #15

You seem to overlook some obvious points though Yorktown Nov 2015 #16

No I'm really not. gcomeau Nov 2015 #17

You are grasping at straws Yorktown Nov 2015 #18

Getting tiring.. gcomeau Nov 2015 #19

Evidence from polls and the highest Muslim authorities Yorktown Nov 2015 #20

FFS, it's like everything just bounces off your skull without penetrating. gcomeau Nov 2015 #29

Center for Security Policy? They're an extremist right wing think tank Bradical79 Nov 2015 #21

The other two sources are untainted and converge with the third Yorktown Nov 2015 #22

I'm talking about your claim of 50% wanting shiara law in the U.S. Bradical79 Nov 2015 #23

I am saying polls in different countries converge. Found one more. Yorktown Nov 2015 #24

You are still using a poor source Bradical79 Nov 2015 #25

A poor source with corroborative evidence does give a strong indication Yorktown Nov 2015 #26

why aren't men required to wear these "tokens of faith"? Skittles Nov 2015 #27

Because god said so Yorktown Nov 2015 #28

the Tories borrowed that little trick from the PQ--didn't work there, either MisterP Nov 2015 #2