To me, it's either:
a) a woman is making a choice based on her religious beliefs, and that choice is preserved by the constitution unless it infringes on the rights of others, which in this case I don't see how it's infringing on anyone else's rights.
or
b) this is not the woman's true choice, as a result of living in either an extremely repressive society or relationship. In which case, the woman should be treated as a victim, and requires all the compassion and understanding that we strive (and often fail) to provide for other victims in our society. Telling such a victim that she must reveal herself in a very public setting where she's already likely to feel exposed seems to me the opposite of the sort of compassion we should strive for.
I wouldn't pretend to know which of the above scenarios is more common, or which would apply to any individual case. But fortunately, I don't need to know, because the correct response to either is the same.
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