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CT Roller Rink Offends Muslim Woman in Headscarf Dispute

VERNON, Conn. (AP) -  A Muslim woman in Connecticut says a roller rink’s request that she either remove or cover her head scarf was discriminatory.

Marisol Rodriguez-Colon of Windsor tells WTIC-TV that she and her sister-in-law went to the Ron-A-Roll indoor rink in Vernon on Sunday for her niece’s birthday party. She says inside, a woman who identified herself as a manager told them they would have to either remove their hijabs or wear helmets. She was told the rink has a policy prohibiting headwear.

Rodriguez-Colon said removing her scarf was “not an option,” and they left.

Rink management issued a statement reiterating the no headwear policy and saying helmets are offered for safety purposes.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations says it has filed a complaint with the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities.

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  • scguitar
    Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:18am

    The woman has nothing! Its privately owned rink (I think) and its a rule. They require it of everyone. This will go nowhere

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  • CaptainSpaulding
    Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:16am

    Right to Refuse Service.

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  • scout n ambush
    Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:15am

    Iwish they would have thrown me out of the roller rink the first n last time i went, oh the painful memories! I wonder if her lawyer would represent me .I don‘t know why they want to look like my grandmother but even she would take her’s off when she came in side.bad as i hate to say this we should …… be like uggg France .oh that hurt now i’m sick.anyway france banned the muslim garb. probably just wanted to see what they looked like underneath. they did it but they will probably do what they always do.Do you know the french word for charge ? it’s “we surrender”

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    • Nvrforget
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 3:00am

      Did a french guy slap your mother or kill your dog or something? Jesus Christ.

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  • confederacyofdunces
    Posted on November 26, 2010 at 1:46am

    i READ SOMEWHERE THAT THERE WAS A WAR AMONG THE FOLLOWERS OF ISLAM A LONG TIME AGO, THERE WERE7 QUARANS, A DECISION WAS MADE AND SIX WERE BURNED. i GUESS ALLAH GUIDED HIS HAND,

    Sorry bout the caps
    The rink owner has legitimate safety concerns and the rules were clearly posted for all to follow. If a Marine came in he could not (and would not) wear his cover. This is BS. but they WILL keep trying to push the boundrys.. If there ever is a war I’m certain there will be internment camp

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  • heavyduty
    Posted on November 26, 2010 at 1:33am

    I don’t think that they should be allowed to wear those scarfs anywhere in the U.S. If they want to wear them then let them go back to their country. I am getting tired of people coming to this country and trying to change it to their country. If they like their country so much why in the hell did they leave in the first place.
    Besides the head scarf would hamper the helmets ability to adequately protect her in case of a fall. So the property owner is legally bound to make her remove the scarf.

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  • Dorozco35
    Posted on November 26, 2010 at 1:30am

    Uhmmm, has anyone heard of any Muslims getting the enhanced patdowns in the airports?…..‘Cause I haven’t.

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    • cheezwhiz
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 6:42am

      They don’t have to.
      They do their own patdowns, just as Hamas err..CAIR instructs them to do.
      TSA anti-terrorism measures exempt the terrorists

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  • FlatFoot
    Posted on November 26, 2010 at 1:22am

    Jeez.

    Many years ago when I was a teen I worked in a roller-rink in Los Angeles. No head wear was allowed unless it was a secured helmet. No baseballs hats, no beanies, no cowboy hats, no Do-Rags, no fedora’s, etc etc. Also, no hair barrettes, no scrunchies, no sunglasses worn on head, etc. No head wear. Period. No loose clothing either or any clothing that was easily torn off if someone grabs onto you to keep from stumbling on skates.

    The reason for this was because of a severe insurance liability. Children and adults are on skates out on the rink floor and in the table areas and arcade areas. They’re on skates all over the place. Many or even most are very unsteady on skates as it is. Kids and adults rolling around all over the rink and outside the rink on 4-wheels per foot tend to stop on a dime when they roll over even a small object. Also, loose clothing items that fall on the floor like kerchiefs, scarves, shawls, etc can force an instant stop or get caught up in the wheels and cause an instant stop. They can even get twisted and jammed into the wheels so deeply adn tightly that the skate wheel has to be disassembled to get it out. People on skates who stop on a dime tend to do face plants on the floor. Those often result in injuries and… Lawsuits.

    Helmets were allowed for a couple of reasons. Actually, they were encouraged. For one they are secured with a chin strap and for another they would soften the blow to your head a great deal if you took a header on your skates.

    This is much ado about nothing. But, they’re Muslim so it is automatically some heinous human rights violation, of course.

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  • Independantthinker
    Posted on November 26, 2010 at 1:11am

    I am sick and tirede of these people always spouting the discrimination card everytime someone tells them they can’t do something or wear something or if someone makes fun of them, they get all upset. If they are not happy here, and don’t like that places have certain rules, and they think they should be excluded from those rules, then they should pack up and go back to where they came from. I don’t have a problem of them being here just stop complaining and trying to change or exclude themselves from all rules based on their so called religion. They forget they came here on their own free will and thought that they could dictate the rules. If we continue to let them use the ACLU and the distort the laws we are going to loose. Every business owner must stand by the rules that they have in place and not buckle to pressure from the Liberal media. If we make them uncomfortable here they just might give up or leave, like the babies they are acting like.

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    • BRAVEHEART
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 1:39am

      I think the only difference between Islam and Communism is that Muslims pretend to be religious and they like to kill people with swords or by stoning when possible, rather than just shooting them. However Infidels ( Americans ) can be slain by any means available. Muslims will also kill communist of anyone else that eventually refuses to submit to their ruling law and the Iman’s who execute it. They are not here to become Americans, they are here to destroy America.

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    • Nvrforget
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 9:47am

      Comparing a religion and an economic system is a little far-fetched, don’t you think? I mean, if you don’t like Islam or Communism (or both) that’s fine and dandy, but why compare them?

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    • BlueStrat
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 8:59pm

      NVRFORGET says:

      “Comparing a religion and an economic system is a little far-fetched, don’t you think? I mean, if you don’t like Islam or Communism (or both) that’s fine and dandy, but why compare them?”

      Communism and Islam are both forms of government. Islam is a theocratic type of government and Communism is an atheistic form of government. Both are central-authority/central-planning styles of government. Note that being a religion does not exclude an ideology from being a form of government.

      Both are in direct conflict with governments based on free citizens having control of their government and having free choice…in religion or anything else.

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    • Gnarly Steve
      Posted on November 28, 2010 at 7:47pm

      I ask everyone reading this string to consdider a novel theory I have. Our true Enemy Within is the LEGAL PROFESSION. Doctors heal; architects design; Engineers build; Educators teach; Soldiers defend; Scientists research, etc. etc. But Lawyers? Lawyers spin arcane laws full of obfuscation and then create “rights” where none existed, then SUE before Judges…who also happen to be Lawyers. Most of Congress is composed of Lawyers. Of all the professions, Lawyers alone are PREDATORY in nature. They must feed on someone, or otherwise casue ham, in order to exist. We have a Nation of the Lawyers, by the Lawyers, and for the Lawyers. Shakespeare was right: hang ‘em all!

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  • cinjeep
    Posted on November 26, 2010 at 12:42am

    They come here to America USA to be free… then act like you are free.. when in Rome… aka USA
    Learn our language, our dress and our life style.

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  • WAR PIGS CRAWLING
    Posted on November 26, 2010 at 12:21am

    Duh, it’s a fashion faux pas. You never wear a hijab after Labor Day…..oh, wait, never mind.

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  • ILoveGlenn
    Posted on November 26, 2010 at 12:17am

    If there is policy prohibiting headwear, why not abide by it? Safety first.

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  • valarie
    Posted on November 26, 2010 at 12:17am

    Given that we have a significant history with muslims murdering American Citizens as well as the FACT that they have declared “Jihad” on American Christians, I think that they have every right to ban this “garb.” Actually, we need to ban the Muslim “garb” everywhere in America. Close down the mosques, ban Islam and deport all muslims. Sad but absolutely true that we have to resort to this.

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    • BRAVEHEART
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 1:04am

      The real need is to get these idiot muslims completely out of America. Islam at its core is a political cult and everything about it is seditious to our constitution and our personal liberties. This whole thing is pure treasoness against our national law and against the citizens of the United States.

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    • LovinUSA
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 11:42am

      I say AMEN to that! It’s OUR COUNTRY, You Don’t like the rules, get out! We didn’t ask you to live here, you came not to live as an American, yopu came to cause as much problem as you can, go Back to your crappy living..

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  • orangie
    Posted on November 26, 2010 at 12:11am

    I was at this rink last month for a birthday party that my son was invited to. The birthday boy’s father was wearing a baseball hat and some meathead that worked at the rink told him to take it off. The hat wearer isn‘t muslim and isn’t black. It may be a silly rule, but it aint racist and it aint discriminatory.

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    • Nvrforget
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:59am

      Actually, it ain’t silly either. If someone gets hurt at a roller rink, guess who gets sued? The rink of course, for not watching out for dangerous objects that might make people stumble and fall. The person wearing the cap may not be aware of the risk, but the rink should be.

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    • EnlightenedinGA
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 4:30am

      If people weren‘t so sue happy they probably wouldn’t have this rule. I don’t blame the rink for trying to protect themselves. Now they will probably get sued by this lady anyway. It’s a no win situation for them.

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    • Nvrforget
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 8:48am

      Yeah, the sue-happy society of today really is a bother sometimes. If however the girl sues the rink she wouldn’t have a leg to stand on. The rink is privately owned and has to make sure to remove security risks from its premises. This clearly isn’t discrimination, nobody is allowed headgear of any kind (except for a helmet) in the rink. The Qur‘an doesn’t say she has to wear a headscarf; it just says that she has to cover her hair. Cover the hair with a helmet, case closed.

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  • smoozie
    Posted on November 26, 2010 at 12:10am

    What doesn’t she understand about NO EXCEPTIONS?

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  • Hill Country Patriot
    Posted on November 26, 2010 at 12:08am

    Screw all Muslims… I for one could not give a crap about their “right” to wear a hajib or burka. These people are dangerous, evil, and are following a plan to rule the world. Watch “What the West Needs to Know” and you’ll get the picture.

    For all you Muslim sympathizers: Wake up! You are being fooled and your apathy will be your downfall. I will not succumb to the disease you obviously have.

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  • SummerB
    Posted on November 26, 2010 at 12:04am

    Yeah, it is a matter of safety. If she falls & someone gets tangled in her scarf, she or others could get hurt. You can’t get tangled in a yarmulke. Put on a friggin‘ helmet or don’t skate!

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    • kindling
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:28pm

      Have you ever roller- skated? If anything gets in front of your skates you are going to stop very fast. The rink is usually rather dark and if it is during one of these times the lights are down you can’t see so well and you may end up with your face in the floor and someone else on top of you.

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  • JohnnyJT
    Posted on November 26, 2010 at 12:03am

    They don’t want her headscarf to get caught
    in her skates and make her fall on the ice
    and split her head open.

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    • barthom
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 1:48am

      A roller rink is a hardwood floor, not ice.

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  • New-American-Saviors
    Posted on November 25, 2010 at 11:58pm

    If they don’t want to abide by OUR rules…Do what you have to do.

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    • walkwithme1966
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 1:35am

      Its private property – and the owners rules go. The Muslim God and Christian God are the same. They both orginated from Abraham. http://maboulette.wordpress.com

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    • BullDog
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 8:00am

      @Walkwithme, The God of Islam and the God of Jews and Christians ARE NOT THE SAME!!! Mohammed chose his God from the many Deities that existed in their time period. We here in the U.S. really need to take an in depth look at the Muslim Faith and come up with better answers. Muslims would have you to believe that their God is the same as the Christian GOD so it seems more tolerant to us. Guess what else is noteworthy. True muslims MUST read and Arabic to understand the true meaning of the Quran. The oldest text also cannot be viewed or scrutinized because of the errors in its text. The Bible is and has been open to scrutiny for thousands of years yet the last five of 6 muslim scholars who have sought to have to original text brought out for debate have disappeared. Now that is tolerance.

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    • APatriotFirst
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 9:28am

      The women dress as they do by law. So the men are not tempted by them and rape them, the womens fault of course.
      Being covered from head to foot is supposed to remove the mens temptation. We know how a woman’s hair can excite you men, well so do they. To the extreme.

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    • pavnvet
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 11:10am

      Ski areas have the same rules. No loose clothing. It is for the safety of the individual as well as others. This is too stupid. Should that Muslim woman still want to dress that way, may I suggest she go roller skate on a public road….perhaps choosing Interstate 90,93 or 95 that run through MA.

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  • Conserving Ink
    Posted on November 25, 2010 at 11:54pm

    While I am loath to grant Muslims special rights, the right to wear the trappings of your faith does not seem unreasonable. What if they demanded that a Jew remove their yarmulke? The Muslims are guilty of trying to force us to conform to them. We have no right to force them to conform to us unless their way violates basic rights, like the way they treat women.
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    • Rowgue
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 12:23am

      They do have Jews remove their headwear as well. It has nothing to do with religion and everything to do with crap falling off of people’s heads where people are travelling at high speed with wheels on their feet in a dimly lit building.

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    • showourstrength
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 6:38am

      Conserving, your failing to see see that this is not a state law. This is a private property owner conforming to the dictates of his liability coverage for his business.
      If this woman was to be hires in a highly mechanically articulated factory, with lots of moving dangerous machines, her employer would require the same for safety reasons. If she failed to obey, and was dismembered or worse, she would have no right to legal recourse. The law of the land has nothing to do with this one.
      But, In atlanta we have a law requiring the removal of all head-ware in a courtroom, and we have CAIR backing muslim women financially to fight the state on that also.
      Make no mistake, this is an all out attack on our way of life. Do you not find it odd that not a single case like this was raised before the opening salvo from the war with Islam(9/11)?
      Do you really think that this woman’s ultimate goal is to be able to boogie in her burqa?

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    • KTsayz
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 7:11am

      There is nothing – NOTHING – about wearing a hijab in the Koran. All it says is to dress modestly.

      Here are some facts for you.

      They never wore head scarves until they saw Icons of the Virgin Mary, then they emulated her fashion. After that it became their ‘thing’. But it has nothing to do with Islam.

      Then there is the problem of symbols. Islam does not allow for any symbol in their cult. That‘s why mosques don’t have any statues or even a moon and star inside, just graffitti all over. So if these women are wearing scarves on their heads as a symbol of their ‘religion’, they are disobeying their ‘religion’.

      Do you remember the accident where a burka-clad woman was killed when her burka got caught in the wheel of the go-cart she was riding in? They way the dress is unsafe for western games.

      http://tundratabloids.com/2010/04/burka-clad-go-kart-driver-strangles.html

      That woman doesn’t have a case. A private establishment can set any rule and if she doesn’t like it, then let one of her muslim friends open a roller rink that doesn’t have those rules. Problem solved. And if the PC patrol let this one slip through we are in big trouble. Beware the dhimmis.

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    • kschmud
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 9:19am

      Excuse me? What if they demanded that a Jew remove their yarmulke?…then the person wearing the yarmulke would have to decide whether to remove it or not…if they choose not to then they would not be allowed to skate. It is clearly a universal dress cody policy. Muslims are not being singled out. They would lose any legal challenge.

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  • MrButcher
    Posted on November 25, 2010 at 11:48pm

    this is wrong.

    ——————————–

    y’all do know that if christianity falls so does islam…

    they are both based on the same writings.

    religion is the fight.

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    • ILoveGlenn
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 12:03am

      Mr. Butcher,

      Christianity and islam are not based on the same writtings. The Bible is a Holy Christian book written by diffferent authors who were all inspired by God. Based on the teachings of God through Moses and prophets in the Old Testament and in the New Testament, through Jesus Christ. As for islam they believe that mohammed wrote the book.

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    • MrButcher
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 12:23am

      read the koran.

      i know what you are saying –mohammed was another illerterate, unable to write, and yet wrote the koran—which was, ironically, a re-write of both the old and new testament with him inserted.

      the same could be said of the Talmud and jesus.

      my question and point is: at which point does it all just become unrefutatable, totalitarian references to revealed “laws” that were, at best, made up by ignorants?

      religion is the bane of humanity.

      we cant “replace” it
      but it must not continue.

      lies are lies.

      lies are not freedom

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    • diesel71dan
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 12:23am

      @Glenn
      While I agree with your response that Islam and Christianity are NOT based on the same writings. I have to correct you on the author of the Quran. Muslims dont believe Mohammed wrote the Quran. The Quran was supposedly given to Mohammed by the angel Gabriel. Granted it was given to him while he was alone!, in a cave! and the book just so happened to endorse muhammeds lifestyle as perfect and Godly. It is rediculous I know but that is the waymuslim believe the Quran came about. Mohammed could not have written the Quran do to the fact that he was illiterate.

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    • FedUP
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 12:42am

      OMG- you could not be more wrong. Islam and Christianity are definitely NOT based on the same writings.

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    • FedUP
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 1:11am

      The Qur’an was not written by Muhammad. It is the word of Muhammad’s god delivered to him by the angel Gabriel at which point Muhammad dictated to his followers what was to be physically written in book. But, this is not the point. The point is the teachings of the Qur’an are in exact opposite to the Holy Bible. Muslims believe that Jesus was just a prophet and the God has no sons. That makes all who believe in this religion are Antichrists.

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    • Nvrforget
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:54am

      @Fedup

      Jews don’t believe that Jesus was the Prophet. Are they all Antichrists too?

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    • 13thGenerationAmerican
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 9:27am

      And don’t forget Joseph Smith stuck his head into a 10 gallon hat and put a seer stone (which he also used to hunt treasure) up to his eye and translated 2 golden tablets (written in reformed Egyptian, a language that never existed) into the Book of Mormon (written in 16th century English in the 19th century)

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    • GOTT-EM-MAUSER
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 10:00am

      NVRFORGET,

      Jews and Muslims are all cut from the same piece of cloth. They are completely interchangeable for all practical intents and purposes. Both believe themselves to be the “Supreme” group and the ONLY Real Human Beings on the planet. In both their views, everyone else is a Sub Human Animal, that would be us. Been this way for 4000 years and won’t ever change. Problem is, that we were stupid enough to buy into this BS, and even elect one of them to the Presidency.
      At this point in time, the only question left, is which one will end up “OWNING” all the rest of us. We all best start figuring out just how to become good “ANIMALS” for whichever lunatic group of TOTALITARIAN COMMUNISTS prevails. We have lost the ability to look out for ourselves, and do what is neccessary to deal with these folks.

      Our choices now are:

      George Soros and his “Tribe of MONEY JEWS”

      OR

      Osama bin Obama and the ACORN Army

      Nothing FOCUSES the MIND, quite like the NARROWING of OPTIONS!!

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    • FedUP
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 12:15pm

      @NVRForget- Unfortunately, yes. Anyone who believes that Jesus is not the Christ is an antiChrist.

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    • Nvrforget
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 1:21pm

      @Fedup

      I can’t see it that way. First off, you will have to agree that the term “Antichrist” has been coined to mean a certain thing (namely a kind of satanic mirror-image of Jesus who is just as charismatic and will seem as just and righteous, but will deny the final salvation). Secondly, Jews today aren’t in a way “Anti-Christian”. They recognize Jesus as a good and wise person; all they‘re saying is that he’s not the Prophet. Same with Muslims actually. They recognize Jesus as A prophet, but not THE prophet (who was Muhammed in their eyes).

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  • 82dAirborne
    Posted on November 25, 2010 at 11:47pm

    Hey C.A.I.R. Go home if you are unhappy here. If you want to stay you need to bend a little bit for a change.

    NOTE: Because of the profanity rules here I am unable to say what I really think. You can probably guess………..

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    • TrueGrit
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 5:36am

      @82nd

      We are going to see more ‘test’ situations, more law suites.
      Movie theaters, football games, museums… all part of the ‘in our face’ policy.
      Also notice the amazing growth in Churches being sold to become Mosques in areas
      that have few Muslims. Funded b ????

      BTW… Airborne – check out the ‘GLOBAL GUN BAN’ Hillary and Obama are going to sign.
      It’s on the web.
      We may need to learn to throw rocks with more accuracy.

      Be well, bro.
      Happy Thanksgiving.

      Wolverine

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    • plunderpower
      Posted on November 27, 2010 at 9:06pm

      INSURANCE…LIABILITY INSURANCE, and most likely CITY HALL.

      CAIR is nuts.

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  • Minority Retort
    Posted on November 25, 2010 at 11:46pm

    Safety first. We have a problem with that in this litigious nation???? Seriously?

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  • Tri-ox
    Posted on November 25, 2010 at 11:46pm

    Sorry terror-momma, no jihad-roller-boogie for you.

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    • cheezwhiz
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 12:00am

      Marisol Rodriguez-Colon of Windsor tells WTIC-TV
      —————–
      She is so adamant about her hijab ,
      but still holds on to a Christian name.
      THAT she didn’t change to something like Mariam Begum – Namacool .
      I WONDER WHY ?

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    • cheezwhiz
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 12:02am

      What does the koran say about roller-skating anyway ?
      I didn’t find it mentioned anywhere. Maybe CAIR can help

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    • EnlightenedinGA
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 4:21am

      lol!!!!!!!!!!

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  • snowleopard3200 {mix art}
    Posted on November 25, 2010 at 11:42pm

    Do we need to guess as to the side the administration will defend, and which one will be prosecuted for ‘discrimiantion, and civil rights abuses’ ?

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    • azkenreid
      Posted on November 25, 2010 at 11:55pm

      It won’t go anywhere. This is from the Ron-A-Roll website on dress code:

      * No ripped or torn clothing
      * No hip hugger pants or short shorts
      * No halter tops, midriffs, spaghetti straps, tank tops or muscle shirts
      * No sagging or overly baggy pants
      * Safety helmets optional, but encouraged
      * No hats or headwear of any kind including sunglasses, combs worn in the hair, handkerchiefs, head wraps, sweat bands, Do-rags, wave caps, scarves, bandanas, etc.

      (A securely fastened helmet is the only headwear permitted)

      It’s because all the stuff that people put on their head falls off and trips other skaters. Holy Muslim scarves trip you just like any other.

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    • chazman
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 6:24am

      “I reserve the right to refuse serive to anyone!” Roll-O-Rink Management

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    • grandmaof5
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 6:31am

      Looks pretty clear, unless they can’t read. Makes one wonder if they are just pushing the envelope to make a statement (nudge, nudge).

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    • what4
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 9:40am

      Last I checked CT is a pretty left leaning state…..Hmmmm….. intolarance, from the left, cant be!

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  • 82dAirborne
    Posted on November 25, 2010 at 11:42pm

    Take the darn thing off!!! This is America!

    82dAirborne  
    • TheAntiProgressive
      Posted on November 25, 2010 at 11:57pm

      Would they make a Catholic Nunn remove their Habbit?

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    • Anarcho Capitalist
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 12:00am

      the lady may have a point if this was on public property such as a road or park, But that is the moral hazard of public anything, Some people just get dicked. Now this being a privet establishment she can do as the property owner says or chose to leave. And ‘such is’ the nature of privet property.

      Its so easy i don‘t understand why most people don’t get it.

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    • Joseph28
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 12:24am

      yup but then the nun wouldnt complain about it, because, since shes christian they’d laugh at her for complaining as they should, and as they should for this bozo

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    • 82dAirborne
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 12:33am

      No a nun could probably keep the habit on – in this country. In a Muslim country what do you think might happen?

      This is somewhat less than a minor issue. My point is that we, Americans, are always expected to bend to accomedate others. I am sick of that. I believe that tolerence is a two way street. “when in Rome……” I do not want anyone to change their beliefs. That ****SHOULD*** be a basic human right. But I’ll be damned if I will change or bend mine to satisfy someone else. Being “P.C.” will be the death of us. Enough is more than enough.

      82dAirborne  
    • Mousey
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 1:01am

      agreed!

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    • Jimbo143
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 1:30am

      in america if a privately owned company has a sign that says no shirt no shoe no service does this company have to serve a person with no shirt?the answer of course is maybe if its discriminating against people who dont wear shirts.sounds stupid?of course but some in this country are so freakin polically correct it doesnt matter what the owners of businesses want.we all must be inclusive to everyones needs.this is crap and we the people know it.

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    • JohnEightOne2Ten
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 4:58am

      Actually, the nun would remove her habit if she were skating and be happy to do so. At the same time, if for some unknown reason she did not want to, she would just not skate and likewise not complain or expect the dog to let the tail wag it.

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    • Dustyluv
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 7:04am

      PC run amok. If the skating rink says you have to remove it, do so or leave. IT is a PRIVATE business.

      You PC jerks think we aren’t in a war against Muslims, think again. You allow this kind of BS now and in 20 years you will see Sharia Law in your hometown.

      Mohammed was a pedophile…deal with it.

       
    • independentvoteril
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 7:53am

      first of all most NUN’S no longer wear habits.. but the VISUAL a nun on roller skates is something that will make me giggle all day..

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    • JKN
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 8:11am

      Whatever happened to assimilation? Used to be a time when foreign immigrants, mostly legal, would be required and proud to assimilate… These early immigrants would want to learn our language and engage in our customs; they would want to show respect for their host country… Now it seems that many Muslims not only refuse to assimilate, but demand that WE assimilate to their customs and traditions… I wonder what it’s like in Muslim countries… Such a double standard!

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    • billhodges
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 8:18am

      If the policy is no head wear like hats and other items then the policy applies to all head wear. And if the NUN were there to to skate it should include them. Nuns often go out in public without their religious dress, and you do not read about them in the media making an issue of it either.

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    • woodydad
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 9:17am

      Clearly this is about a private business’ safety policy and should go no further than that…..in a sane world. While the scarf would be allowed under normal situations (no safety risk, say), the burka should not. Here in Atlanta it is against the law to wear ANYTHING that covers your face. For all the obvious, crime fighting, reasons. However, it is never enforced by the political cowards here for yet other obvious reasons. I guarantee you, without a shred of doubt, that one day we will have a group of well organized, terroristic, cowardly muslim men, hiding in burkas, deliver the proper and expected punctuation to that mistake.

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    • cattaz49
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 9:19am

      I agree wholeheartedly. If the people in this country no matter what race or religion they are don’t like our rules and regulations and our way of life. JUST FIND ANOTHER COUNTRY AND MOVE THERE. I believe the American People would probably even buy them a one way ticket out.

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    • woodydad
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 9:30am

      I meant that the scarf should be allowed ‘in public’, not in a private business which has rules against it that apply to everyone. My bad.

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    • LEGION
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 10:37am

      Yeah, darn straight- this is America! Hey TheAntiProgressive, yes they would have, if any of them wear them in public anymore which they don’t- you hockey puck!

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    • frodis
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 10:37am

      I thought muslim women couldn’t leave the house according to sharia law.

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    • www.PoliticalTs.com
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 10:48am

      This exactly why I have a problem with the TSA doing what they are doing right now. The government has no authority to search people. But a bussiness is allowed to restrict access to there services, and if they do it on the basis of discrimination, then they can be sued for it. What can we do to the government? No much.

      http://www.PoliticalTs.com

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    • zman173rd
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 11:09am

      Since when did it become a police state? “we reserve the right to refuse sevice to anyone”? What happened to the rights of a private non-government funded company to have their rules and reg’s overridden by the state? If you don’t want to follow the rules, go the heck home. Spend your money someplace else. That’s what I thought freedom of choice is all about. NEXT week you’ll see pickets and boycotts around the ice rink and the american sheep will meekly wander off. That‘s why they’re wining.

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    • MuaminVA
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 11:14am

      The roller rink is at fault because they are a public accommodation and as such they have more limited property rights than other private businesses. The women were present for a birthday party and only attempted entry so as to cross trough to the rented party area. They did not rent skates or attempt to enter the rink where a safety argument (although specious) could be made.In the source reporting done on the story, other rink operators acknowledge that even a helmet is unnecessary as head scarves are specifically worn in a way as to not come off easily.

      I will not bother responding to the blatant bigotry of many of the posters on this site.

      Libertarian principles should not evaporate when dealing with a person or group with whom you disagree.

       
    • UPSETVET
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 12:01pm

      The skating Rink has a NO HEADGEAR policy, end of story

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    • wipinitboss
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 1:52pm

      The skating rink manager is an ass. No different than the idiot who wanted the Jewish soldier to remove his Kippah in the mess hall in Baghdad. The comparison to the nun is right on.

      If anything, the modesty in her appearance should be appreciated. It shouldn’t bother anyone that the Mennonite women wear headdress nor should it, or that traditionally Southern Baptists, Pentecostals, and Apostolic women, always wear a dresses or skirts.

       
    • wildbluyonder11
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:38pm

      @antiprogressive: How many nuns do you see in a roller skating rink?

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    • Beckofile
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:50pm

      Well lady you can skate in the roller dome with the other roller derby chicks. Yes the ones in the red , white and blue uniforms. Have fun and welcome to America.

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    • chazman
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:51pm

      Yeah? Well, ISLAM OFFENDS ME, SO WHATCHA GONNA DO ABOUT IT????

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    • Beckofile
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:56pm

      Oh… and lady I would put a helmet over that head dress before the nice ladies bounce you off the railings.

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    • silentwatcher
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:57pm

      Just who is the one REALLY losing their rights? It seems that you can come to America and change the laws just by saying “that’s not how we do it back home.”

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    • Beckofile
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 3:01pm

      Oh…and lady you may want to leave the koran here and not talk about the mosque at ground zero. The ladies dressed in their roller derby equipment are a bit touch about Islam.

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    • FToth84
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 4:43pm

      Let’s look at this logically. Chances are she was asked to take the garb off, because of the chance it could fall off onto rink and cause another person injury. And the option of putting on the helmet makes sense. Not only is it for her safety but it will also greatly reduce or even eliminate the chance of the garb accidentally falling off.
      With that being said. I must say that your (82DAIRBORNE) comment is way out of line. You are right. This is America. We as Americans have the right to practice our own religion, and the the hijab is obviously part of her Muslim beliefs.

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    • CultureWarriors
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 5:21pm

      Muslims killed 3000 innocent Americans in 2001, they treat women like property and their prophet was child molester. I really don’t care if they get offended by anything. Don’t like it? LEAVE!

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    • zenyata
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 5:51pm

      zenyata
      To the lady who wants to change America. I lived in Turkey three years on one occasion and two years on another occasion. As a United States Air Force dependant, I received an indoctrination right after I arrived in Ankara. We were ORDERED to respect Muslim customs, obey Turkish laws and dress conservatively. It would have been unthinkable to put on a pair of cut off jean shorts and appear in public. My husband would have been sent home if I had done such a thing. Don’t even think about dressing in shorts and then COMPLAINING about MY RIGHTS. Take the damn head scarf off lady or go back to where you came from.

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    • BlueStrat
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 8:10pm

      MuaMinVa states:

      “The roller rink is at fault because they are a public accommodation and as such they have more limited property rights than other private businesses”

      WRONG!

      A “public accommodation” is a government building such as a courthouse, a county-owned & run swimming pool, or a public street or sidewalk.

      The roller rink is NOT a “public accommodation”. It is a *privately-owned business* on *private property* and is not government owned or operated.

      And *that* is the problem. The Progressives want to eliminate private business, as it is a staple of capitalism. This is why they push things like smoking bans in bars. If there were enough people that actually wanted smoke-free bars it would be profitable enough that no laws or regulation would be needed…profits would motivate the change.

      Anything to impede or halt small businesses that aren’t “too big to fail”. It’s much easier for a government to exert complete control over, and eventually nationalize, a relatively small number of huge businesses than it is for them to try to control individuals running small shops.

      It’s all about central planning, control, and authority over everything and everyone.

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    • takemout
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 8:19pm

      A nun wears a habit. Does a rabbit wear a habbit?

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    • Captain77
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 10:51pm

      Exactly, this is America. A land where we have freedom of religion. I would not ask a muslim to remove their head wear just as I would not ask a jew. However, ultimately any private establishment can make whatever rule they wish concerning their establishment. After all, this is America.

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    • minnierv
      Posted on November 26, 2010 at 11:24pm

      I am really sick of people like this that think they are above the laws or rules of a private establishment because of their religious beliefs. If you don’t feel like you can comply with or just flat don’t want to comply with the laws/rules, then pick up your stuff and leave. It’s really just that simple. Maybe she should be upset with the dope that arranged for the party to be there knowing that no head dress was allowed. But don’t march you ass in there and expect that the rules will be changed just because you walked in.

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    • tlsagel
      Posted on November 27, 2010 at 9:39am

      I wholeheartedly agree!

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    • Armed Patriot
      Posted on November 27, 2010 at 9:56am

      There is no discrimination if I cannot also wear a hat. It sounds like the policy is even handed ablout head wear. I amm offended however by their wearing that offensive and oppressive trash on their head in my country. I am offended to no end and I itend to file suit. Any lawyers out there wanna case??? Lets play the offended game, start suing them, and throw CAIR out on their ass.

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    • MuaminVA
      Posted on November 27, 2010 at 10:23am

      BLUESTRAT and others-

      The law is very clear on the definition of a Public Accommodation and the inability of private businesses to engage in this sort of behavior. It does not matter if they have a “no head wear rule” unless they can demonstrate a legally valid overriding safety concern. As I pointed out such a concern does not legitimately exist according to other rink operators and an exception to such a rule MUST BE GRANTED or else the business commits a violation of the 1964 Federal Civil Rights Act.

      Civil Rights Act (1964) – Public Law 88-352
      TITLE II–INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AGAINST DISCRIMINATION IN PLACES OF PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION

      SEC. 201. (a) All persons shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, and privileges, advantages, and accommodations of any place of public accommodation, as defined in this section, without discrimination or segregation on the ground of race, color, religion, or national origin.

      (b) Each of the following establishments which serves the public is a place of public accommodation within the meaning of this title if its operations affect commerce, or if discrimination or segregation by it is supported by State action:

      (1) any inn, hotel, motel, or other establishment which provides lodging to transient guests, other than an establishment located within a building which contains not more than five rooms for rent or hire and which is actually occupied by the proprietor of such establishment as his residence;

      (2) any restaurant, cafeteria, lunchroom, lunch counter, soda fountain, or other facility principally engaged in selling food for consumption on the premises, including, but not limited to, any such facility located on the premises of any retail establishment; or any gasoline station;

      (3) any motion picture house, theater, concert hall, sports arena, stadium or other place of exhibition or entertainment; and

      (4) any establishment (A)(i) which is physically located within the premises of any establishment otherwise covered by this subsection, or (ii) within the premises of which is physically located any such covered establishment, and (B) which holds itself out as serving patrons of such covered establishment.

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    • ChrissyB
      Posted on November 27, 2010 at 12:58pm

      A Catholic nun or a Jewish man wearing a Yarmukle would be given the same choice: remove your head covering or put on a helmet. This woman chose to be offended rather than just following the rules.

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    • mhannah.vera
      Posted on November 27, 2010 at 2:01pm

      @theantiprogressive: only if the private owner wanted the nuns to. Private owner have the right to say what they want or don’t want on their property!!!

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    • plunderpower
      Posted on November 27, 2010 at 9:03pm

      It was in all likelihood required by the insurance carrier of the skating rink. You can all probably thank some liberal control ordinance on safety for all skating rinks in CT. The Muslims need to adjust or go to a Muslim rink where they pay their insurance company for liability coverage inorder to wear their head gear. Imagine one of those things coming loose and falling on the floor. That’s why the rule was made. CAIR can file suit all it wants. However, they need to know its probably city hall and a major insurance co they are really dealing with.

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    • boblo1957
      Posted on November 28, 2010 at 7:42am

      Hey shmuck, every LIBTURD knows Nuns fly they don’t skate!

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    • mikem1969
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 8:48am

      Ask a muslim to remove their headgear and it is an offense, demean christians or christianity and its all ok. You wonder why this world is so screwed up.

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    • pennswoods
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 9:31am

      Antiprogressive… What you mean is a “wimple”. The wimple is the pre Vatican II headcovering that nun’s wore and covered their head, neck, and chin. Some cloistered female religious orders still wear a wimple and a habit which is nothing more than a copy of Medieval women‘s clothing and was worn by nun’s into our modern era to be modest and cover their body. The “habit” is a Roman Catholic or Anglican nun’s full garb from neck to the ankles from the same period. Most nun’s today wear a conservative outfit and a small head scarf. I hope you are NOT suggesting nuns remover their HABIT and stroll around the roller rink naked. I think nun’s who still wear the traditional wimple covering their head, chin, and neck would gladly wear a helmut. Catholic nun’s do not have a tradition of being suicide bombers and having know a few in my life I think they have absolutely no objections to wearing something to protect their heads in case of a fall while skating. Nun‘s do not cover their faces or pose a terrorist threat and unlike Muslim women in their Burka’s or head scarf nun’s have a sense of humor and love to laugh and would never dream of a law suit claiming “discrimination” by a roller rink if asked to wear a helmut. Why couldn’t this Muslim woman wear a helmut over her scarf as a nun would gladly do?

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    • Pendragon
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:50am

      I managed a Group of Roller Rinks the reason for this is that if the head cover falls off, Skaters on Wheels behind them will not get caught up and face plant their heads into hard surface causing injury, and in one case i know death. So ALL are required to not wear any hats dew rags or other head coverings including kippas. The Jewish Kids understood and were ok with it as well as their parents, So I think it is a matter of safety. In the work placewould you allow some one to wrk a printing press without having their hair back if it were long? or not have loose clothing or a “HEAD SCARF” as it could get caught in the machinery and kill or hurt someone. People take off wedding rings and jewlery for a reason when they do something dangerous or something that would put them in danger otherwise. As to the question about the Nuns and a Habit. Yes they were required to remove the head cover and also did so willingly and understandingly. They offered her an option and she refused it they did in fact tried to reasonably accomodate her.

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