08-19-2016, 10:20 PM
max wrote:
They do not see it freedom of religion the way we do.
It is much more more than that. They did not subdue the religious institutions to let them go without any state controls.
The state owns most of the religious buildings and controls them in other ways, as well.
The basic difference is that the French system promotes essentially freedom from religion and as such displaying religious symbolism is often limited by law. Burqas and burkinis are not outside of those definitions....
I am glad that you have learned something new Ted, again.
Ted King wrote:
A good article on this:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/201...rance.html
The French argument against burkinis doesn’t translate neatly into American culture. ... As reporter Mimi Kirk writes at CityLab, “in France the state is shielded from religion, while in the United States religion is shielded from the state.”
The difference is that I did not have to look it up and I did not post xenophobic, myopic PC inanities, before you did...