French Activist Says He値l Foot the Bill for Any Woman Fined for Violating the Burkini Ban
August 24, 2016
by Hemant Mehta
Earlier this month in France, Cannes Mayor David Lisnard banned full-body swimsuits known as burkinis from the city’s beaches. But now a secular activist, horrified by this invasion of religious freedom, says he’ll pay the fines for any Muslim women caught disobeying the new rules.
When Lisnard issued the ban, he said burkinis were an affront to “good morals and secularism.”
… Lisnard cited (the Nice) tragedy and subsequent attack on a northwest France church in an ordinance forbidding swimwear that doesn’t respect “good morals and secularism.”
“Beachwear manifesting religious affiliation in an ostentatious way, while France and its religious sites are currently the target of terrorist attacks, could create the risk of disturbances to public order,” the ruling says.
So in order to oppose an extremist faith that tells Muslim women what to wear, the Mayor thought it would be wise to tell Muslim women what they couldn’t wear.
It also sent the message that certain kinds of peaceful Muslims couldn’t enjoy the city’s beaches because they wanted to cover themselves up. As I said before, a better response would have been to improve the security at tourist attractions like the French Riviera, not single out a particular religion.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/08/24/french-activist-says-hell-foot-the-bill-for-any-woman-fined-for-violating-the-burkini-ban/
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