France to ban female students from wearing abayas in state schools - eviltoast
  • ParsnipWitch@feddit.de
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    4
    ·
    1 year ago

    You can’t have a parallel religious law system in a secular state. So there absolutely should be pressure on people to accept that religious “rules” have no power there.

    • Killing_Spark@feddit.de
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      5
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      Yes but forbidding the choice to wear a cross necklace or a headscarf is not exactly freedom is it?

      Nobody is arguing for a parallel law system

      • ParsnipWitch@feddit.de
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        1 year ago

        I think you underestimate the influence of religious symbols. It’s not just any type of clothing. It’s a tool for religious communities that has considerable impact, especially when your parents make you wear it, it has beliefs attached to it and is easily visible to everyone around you.

        • Killing_Spark@feddit.de
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          arrow-down
          2
          ·
          1 year ago

          I mean parents so have a lot of freedom to raise their children as they see fit. And I think that is a good thing. I would not do a lot of things that other people do, but it’s totally in the rights of people to raise their children religiously, and that can include wearing certain kinds of clothes.

          • ParsnipWitch@feddit.de
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            4
            ·
            1 year ago

            Well, that’s were we disagree. I don’t think parents should be free to raise their child however they want to. And it’s also not in their rights in every country.