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>>>And what is your position on that topic?
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>>I have a VERY hard time with this. Unless I misunderstood, to me, this is the opposite of religious freedom and neutrality but in fact, enforcing no religious practices and views. It is anti-religion to me which is just as bad as enforcing religion.
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>In general I agree with you, but there are reasons in this society to make sure faces can be seen. To paraphrase one Quebec politician, if you were a child care worker, would you let a child be picked up by someone in a niqab? Would you accept a picture of someone in a niqab as valid ID? Maybe that all works in a world where women don't have rights, but this is the west, and those rights are severely compromised by hiding ones face.
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>Quebec seems to have made the decision that rather than try to single out and list all those situations in which a niqab should not be allowed, to simply ban them for any government services - giving or receiving.
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>It may well be akin to killing flies with a sledgehammer, but I can sort of see where they're coming from.
And what about 1000 medicare cards, 1000 driver's license pictures that all look the same.