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http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/09/14/france.burqa.ban/index.html?hpt=T2
France becomes the frist country in Europe to put such a law in place...is this an infringement of freedoms or something necessary, as they put it, for ensuring gender equality?
They're gonna have trouble enforcing this law Honestly, I think something like this just makes them a more likely target for terrorist attacks.
France becomes the frist country in Europe to put such a law in place...is this an infringement of freedoms or something necessary, as they put it, for ensuring gender equality?
They're gonna have trouble enforcing this law Honestly, I think something like this just makes them a more likely target for terrorist attacks.
Paris, France (CNN) -- The French senate approved Tuesday a law banning any veils that cover the face -- including the burqa, the full-body covering worn by some Muslim women -- making France the first European country to plan such a measure.
The law passed by a vote of 246 to 1, with about 100 abstentions coming essentially from left-leaning politicians.
The legislation was overwhelmingly approved by the lower house of parliament in July and will go into effect next spring.
French people back the ban by a margin of more than four to one, the Pew Global Attitudes Project found in a survey earlier this year.
Some 82 percent of people polled approved of a ban, while 17 percent disapproved. That was the widest support the Washington-based think tank found in any of the five countries it surveyed.
Clear majorities also backed burqa bans in Germany, Britain and Spain, while two out of three Americans opposed it, the survey found.