Re:Canadians need to get angry about government spying revel...
by dragonwriter on Friday September 20, 2013 @04:08PM
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> Much of Islam (most, probably) sees the Niqab as being optional
Which doesn't stop it from being a religious issue.
> Every Islamic sect allows polygamy (other religions also allow it). So tell me, why are we infringing on that belief?
Whether something is a bona fide religious issue is not, alone, dispositive of the treatment it should have by the State. So pointing out that other religious practices are prohibited by the State is irrelevant when the discussion at hand was over whether the issue was really a religious issue.
Which doesn't stop it from being a religious issue.
> Every Islamic sect allows polygamy (other religions also allow it). So tell me, why are we infringing on that belief?
Whether something is a bona fide religious issue is not, alone, dispositive of the treatment it should have by the State. So pointing out that other religious practices are prohibited by the State is irrelevant when the discussion at hand was over whether the issue was really a religious issue.