Sunday, November 05, 2006

The cross and the veil

This coming week we'll be thinking about the recent furore over muslim women being asked to remove their veils and the case of Ms Eweida of British Airways being sent home on unpaid leave because she refused to hide her crucifix under her uniform. Is this a case of religious discrimination on both parties' part, or is one more extreme than the other?Maybe we should take a leaf from France's book and declare ourselves a secular state - no crosses, no veils, no messy religious stuff getting in the way of what we should really be about.
Oh well, think on, and we'll thrash it out at Steve and Wendy's on Wednesday.

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