Yahoo! News - Chirac Seeks Law Banning Head Scarves

Yahoo! News - Chirac Seeks Law Banning Head Scarves Wow, what an amazing move on France's part... Bizarre to Americans, right? Is it discrimination? Are necklaces with the cross also banned? Are WWJD (QJFI) t-shirts allowed? As the article points out, the scarf is a symbol of female submission... I remember reading a cover article in UCLA's muslim magazine about how the scarf is really empowering to women. It was one of those things where you could tell the writer was trying to convince herself... I don't imagine that she even succeeded in that modest goal. On the other hand is this a place for the government? I'm all for secularism, but why should a person be able to wear a SNOOP t-shirt (or in france an NTM shirt) but not a religious item. Doesn't the choice belong to the individual? I report, you decide.