Thursday, February 05, 2004

In their quest to make French life secular, the French parliament is discussing whether to ban the wearing of "religious items" to schools. These items may include headscarves, skullcaps, large crosses, turbans and bandanas. It has even been suggested that beards could be banned if they are worn for religious reasons.

Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but in Genesis, Adam and Eve lived blissfully ignorant and naked until the Serpent convinced Eve to eat from the Tree of Knowledge. Once she did, she and Adam realized that they were naked and thus they clothed themselves. So for Christians and Jews, the simple wearing of clothes cold be considered a religious act, and the clothes themselves could be banned.

Don't get me wrong, Standard Deviance is all for nudity, but most high-school boys have enough trouble concentrating when the girls around them are clothed. Plus the French fashion industry would take a huge hit.

BBC