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(CNN)Mayors do not have the right to ban burkinis, France's highest administrative court ruled Friday.
The Council of State's ruling suspends a ban in the town of Villeneuve-Loubet, near Nice, and could affect cities around the country that have prohibited the full-length swimsuit.
More than 30 French towns have banned burkinis, which cover the whole body except for the face, hands and feet.
Officials say the ban on the burkini -- worn mostly by Muslim women -- was a response to growing terror concerns.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/26/europe/france-burkini-ban-court-ruling/
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)It's like taking the actions of a Kentucky court clerk to be "US law"
Jim__
(14,075 posts)True Dough
(17,301 posts)A little bit of justice imposed on your discriminatory law.
saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)judicial system. I have never considered a nude beach. I lack the physical attributes. I have worn a swim cap and modest attire.
malaise
(268,930 posts)than some DUers
msongs
(67,395 posts)leftstreet
(36,106 posts)Hekate
(90,645 posts)Iggo
(47,549 posts)Yeah, nothing at all wrong with that.
mwrguy
(3,245 posts)CBGLuthier
(12,723 posts)Fuck burquinis and fuck the society that thinks women should have to wear them.
jmg257
(11,996 posts)Hekate
(90,645 posts)Should I feel oppressed by my male doctor?
Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)There is a difference between repressive rules against women and doing something for your health or because you really want to do it. I do not believe that most of these women want to dress in Bronze Age fashion, and that has been shown to be true when rules about women's clothing are relaxed in some of the Middle East nations.
JI7
(89,247 posts)it may not be a burqa but what they wear is covering up about the same .
CrispyQ
(36,457 posts)how is telling this woman to dress more western any different than the culture that told her she must cover up?
on edit: I just can't get over that two men stood there & told a woman to remove her clothing in public. WTF????
My bad. Four men!
At least they both agree on the central truth, that it's a cruel male-dominated culture.
pampango
(24,692 posts)Frances political row over the burkini continued to rage on Friday, as the French right stepped up its call for the garment to be outlawed nationwide despite a decision by the countrys highest administrative court to suspend a ban in one Riviera coastal town.
... the French right, led by the former president Nicolas Sarkozy, stepped up its calls for a complete nationwide ban on burkinis and at least three mayors refused to withdraw their bans.
Marine Le Pens far-right Front National, which is now calling for a complete ban on all religious symbols including veils or turbans from all public spaces.
The left is bitterly divided on the matter: the prime minister has supported the mayors who issued anti-burkini decrees while the feminist education minister and the health minister warning of a dangerous unleashing of racist rhetoric and stigmatisation.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/26/frances-highest-court-suspends-burkini-ban-in-test-case
The Left may be divided on the wisdom of banning the burkini. The right seems very unified in supporting the ban.