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Originally Posted by GGG
Taking religion out of it we would see no harm in a person wearing sunglasses to receive government services. This law bans wearing sunglasses on a bus. Doesn't seem like a reasonable request to me.
I do agree with you that it isn't a choice being made freely most of the time however if that is the situation do you think they will be allowed to go places where they are forced to remove it? If you could show ant evidence that the law would be effective at reducing its use then it could be supported on a human rights basis. I just don't see anyway that will happen though and instead you will isolate these women further and make their ability to get help more difficult.
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I simply don't know whether or not it would be effective. I don't. But it is tiresome to hear people continually insist that it's a choice when we know in so many instances that it is literally the oppression of women, couched in "sincerely-held religious belief". And right now it appears the options are either "do something that may or may not be effective" or "do nothing and effectively defend the practice". And I will simply never defend or excuse the practice, so that's where I'm at.
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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Take religion out of it and it's still probably unconstitutional. What you wear is a form of expression. It'll be interesting to see what the courts do with this.
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We also have reasonable limits on freedom of expression, but I agree with you, this isn't cut and dried, and it'll be interesting to see if this passes scrutiny the first time it gets challenged in court.