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PoindexterOglethorpe

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12. I don't think there's a larger point.

Reply to TreasonousBastard (Reply #11)

Sun Jan 6, 2019, 06:14 PM

Jan 2019

Women dressed all the time completely covered from head to toe is not remotely like wearing a hat once a year. Every single minute of the day you know what religion one person is, but unless the other one tells you, you haven't a clue what her religion, or perhaps lack thereof, is.

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Should Burqa's Be Banned? [View all] Soph0571 Jan 2019 OP

If men were forced by their wives to walk around with bags over their heads with eyeholes cut Squinch Jan 2019 #1

I agree.. It's a conundrum. But if I can only pick one, I say ban. 50 Shades Of Blue Jan 2019 #2

You cannot reconcile it without knowing if it is truely the woman's choice, or if she has been still_one Jan 2019 #3

I'm okay with a ban as well as janterry Jan 2019 #4

No. shanny Jan 2019 #5

I think yes. Chemisse Jan 2019 #6

Complicated... TreasonousBastard Jan 2019 #7

Somehow a frilly hat at Easter -- and is that even still a thing? PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2019 #9

Did you not get the larger point? TreasonousBastard Jan 2019 #11

I don't think there's a larger point. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2019 #12

Banned - yes. Conundrum - no. Merlot Jan 2019 #8

Here's the real problem. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2019 #10

We can't ban them because we have so called relgious freedom. efhmc Jan 2019 #13