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By "religious garb" do you mean uniform clothing that an organisation prescribes for its members like monks' habits, or do you mean covering the body to the extent a religion demands? The two are different, and only the former would be a uniform.
by Katrin on Thu Feb 6th, 2014 at 04:05:25 PM EST
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The former, of course.

But for the purpose of the present discussion, this is a distinction without difference - the religious prescription in question goes quite a bit beyond "keep hair covered" and well into the territory of specifying the nature and appearance of the garment used to cover it.

(It should go without saying that the Jacobin view on private uniforms in public institutions is hypocritical as long as business suits are tolerated attire in parliament. There can be no real doubt that the business suit is a uniform of a private group actively hostile to the state.)

- Jake

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by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Thu Feb 6th, 2014 at 04:43:13 PM EST
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