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Originally Posted by Sever
A letter to a newspaper summed it up nicely for me. A woman wrote that in this country she's perfectly free to wear a bikini in public if she feels like it, but out of respect for the judicial system, she wouldn't wear a bikini in court. Islamic women are perfectly free to wear a burqa in public if they feel like it, but out of respect for the judicial system...
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But wearing a bikini isn't part of anyone's religious imperatives. Granted, the objective, I'm suspecting, is to remove distractions from the courtroom. And, considering women wearing a burqa in respect to their faith isn't incredibly common outside the mid-east, it could be seen as a distraction.
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