French Parliament Votes To Ban The Burka

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FootballFan said:

Reasonable said:

I'm not a fan of the various veils worn by Muslim women but this seems the wrong approach to me.

Like a fair number of Europeans (so far as I'm aware) I want a soceity where the state and legal laws take precedence over religous beliefs as the standards for behaviour, but this is a very simplistic approach to a thorny issue.

What angle (in your view) would be more approriate to approach this?

How about an approach where we aren't allowed to tell people what they can or can't wear just because we don't like it?

Besides, if people really want to hide their face they will find a way to do it.