Correspondent of the Day: Constitution Protects Even Niqabs, Burqas
Constitution Protects Even Niqabs, Burqas
Editor, Times-Dispatch: I always hate to see pictures of women dressed in niqabs and burqas, especially if the woman feels forced to wear it. Mostly, I wonder how they can stand to wear those things in the heat of summer.
Perhaps if their husbands were made to wear them for a week, they might have a change of heart, or heatstroke, whichever comes first.
When I read about the advocacy group urging the French parliament to enact laws against the garb, I was at first for it. For a brief moment I thought "Heck, yeah! Make them illegal!" However, a second later I realized it would be unconstitutional (at least in the U.S.) and would infringe upon freedom of religion and individual rights. It looks like we're stuck with them, for better or for worse.
Amy E. Kane.
Richmond.
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They may be doing us a favor by wearing burqas.
“Mostly, I wonder how they can stand to wear those things in the heat of summer.“ We don’t know what they’re wearing underneath…
Blousy, free flowing, breathable clothing works well in the summer heat, and they may dress like “hootchie mammas” under that gear.
This is relevant to what?
Terrorists in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan often dress in burqas to disguise themselves and get past searches at security checkpoints. Someone once said the Constitution and Bill of Rights are not a suicide pact, and interpreting them to their illogical extremes to the detriment of public safety is just madness. If folks given to burqas object to limitations on them there’s no law making them stay in the country. Public safety does not have to accomodate itself to ANYONE.
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