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I support Muslim women wearing a full face covering anywhere, anytime. It is 100% a religious freedom issue and no one can require they remove it for any reason. | |
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I support Muslim women wearing a full face covering, however there are times when faces should be visible such as when taking a photo ID, or conducting business where identity is important. | |
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I support Muslim women wearing a full face covering at appropriate times, but their faces should generally be visible when in public. | |
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I think full face coverings are a sign of religious oppression of women, but feel that religious rights are more important and therefore support Muslim women wearing face coverings most/all of the time. | |
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I think full face coverings are a sign of religious oppression of women, and that some Muslim women are not truly free to make their own choice on this matter. I therefore support secular legislation banning face coverings in public in the hopes that it leads to less religious fundamentalism. | |
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CrispyQ
(36,478 posts)would be where one would not be allowed to wear a face cover. Personally, I think the cover is oppressive, but who am I to determine that that is the case for every woman who wears one?
Women - we're damned if we do & damned if we don't.
Irish_Dem
(47,131 posts)Cartoonist
(7,317 posts)I'm just a little hesitant to legislate a ban. I would not like legislation requiring me to conform to a religious fashion.
I would prefer that such practices be called out for what they are: Hate Wear. There is nothing religious about clothing. It's all about telling who is one of US and who is one of THEM. With the word them being spoken with a fiery hate.
trotsky
(49,533 posts)supportive or respectful of them. They're people just like men, why do they have to be covered?
Lordquinton
(7,886 posts)That they are being forced to be uncovered. If modesty standards in their homeland are so skewed towards covering up completely that some may feel naked if they are forced to dress down.
Conversely again, we do force our women to cover up (and men too) no one is allowed to be naked without penalty, which is also based on religious hangups.
trotsky
(49,533 posts)Act_of_Reparation
(9,116 posts)It's not that I "support" non-mandatory religious garb or that I think religious freedom is "more important" than the right to show your face in public. It's that I don't support legislating dress codes beyond certain, limited and reasonable time and place restrictions.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)what they can wear, or not wear, in public.
I do not have the authority to tell another that their choice is not a free choice.
I do not have the right to assume that another's choice has been coerced.
trotsky
(49,533 posts)But you support conservative Muslim men having that right? Interesting.
Lordquinton
(7,886 posts)Argues that it's ok for a church to force girls to wear a dress.
trotsky
(49,533 posts)guillaumeb: "institutions have the right to enforce certain rules"
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)but I know how this process unfolds.
trotsky
(49,533 posts)Not when you have steadfastly refused to EVER back up the claims you make about posts you say you've read.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)the claims when asked about them.
trotsky
(49,533 posts)AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)Presumably you'd object to, or be ok with the government objecting on your behalf, to everyone running around naked all the time.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)but I cannot see a compelling reason to require clothing, except for safety clothing when appropriate.