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Ephidel	May 8 2009, 02:29 PM
Posts: 38 Group: FEFFer Member #1,937 Joined: June 19, 2008	But by allowing religious people to abstain from the rules common to everyone, this is elevating them above the others on what I believe is a very shaky excuse. Let's change the example around. There is a rule in your school that you are not allowed to carry around giant wooden swords. However, if you are a Fire Emblem fan, you are given special permission to carry around a wooden sword at all times, whereas your Halo fanboy classmate is forbidden from doing so. Obviously, this is a silly example. No-one wants to carry around wooden swords. However, change the words "wooden sword" to "headscarf" and "Fire Emblem fan" to "Muslim" and you see what I mean. This isn't infringing on said peoples' rights because they're getting exactly the same rights as everybody else. Of course, the easiest solution would be to allow anyone to wear headscarves, jewellery or whatever, but that's not likely to happen. Edited by Ephidel, May 8 2009, 02:30 PM.


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