Halloween is now dead.
Seriously, how can they expect to enforce this law without seeming discriminatory against Muslims? Ban face coverings during Halloween? Ban ski masks?
They may as well just make them wear yellow stars.
On that note, It seems that the results of recent events like this have amounted to a sea change in Europe's reputation abroad. As recently as 10 years ago, American liberals were waxing enthusiastic about Europe as a model for human rights extolling what they perceived as its virtues of fairness, tolerance and openness. Sadly this is no longer the case.
what about those who wear veils for medical reasons, like congenital Photosensitivity or immune system diseases like advanced Lupus or HIV
It actually helps if you already know the law in Belgium, instead of spouting off like most of the poorly-informed people here crying "religious intolerance" or, even more ignorantly, "racism".
First off, this has bugger-all to do with Rwanda. So get that cretinous bee out your bonnet folks.
And, as nobody seems to actually know, it is already illegal in Belgium to go aound with a mask on. I covered the anti-Scientology protests in Brussels. Demonstrators were threatened wih arrest if they wore the iconic V for Vendetta masks popular for those protests.
So, on that basis, why should anyone get a special exemption for something as stupid as a medieval religious edict?
i thought you scots believed in freedom of religion, i guess not
Go play in traffic.
I believe in freedom from religion.
I believe there is an enormous difference between state preservation of secularism and religious discrimination. The matter we are discussing is a manifest example of the latter.
The government is now going to have to arrest everyone who dresses for winter:
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