Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Headscarves in the US ... again

"Credit Union Apologizes to Woman Over Head Scarf"

"A Maryland woman says her credit union discriminated against her for telling her to use the back room because she was wearing a religious scarf."

By Matt Zapotosky
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, March 11, 2009

This story is just so similar to stories that I've reported/posted here before, I wasn't going to post about it. So this is just to keep everyone updated on how much/little we understand about head coverings in the US. Still.

Not that some places in Europe understand too much differently, I just haven't had the time to sort through news articles lately. Please forgive. Sometimes you can keep up to date on these things with the Google news feed in my right column.

Also note this editorial comment, in the Religion section of the same Wash. Post: "Note to Credit Union: A Hijab is Not a Hat".

1 comment:

mary montgomery aka greatgranmary said...

We are a rather self righteous bunch here in the states and so easily forget our own beginings. An Irishman could have been sent to prison for carrying a rosary in the so-called plenary days, while a Heugonot could be burned at the stake by an Anabaptist or reverse. John Calvin had the mother of twins and her midwife drowned in Lake geneva bacause he interrpreted the scripture to read that it was right for a woman to suffer in chilbirth and the midwife had given and the mother had accepted a pain killer.
We left those places for a reason and people are still leaving them, the ladies in the WalMart where my husband works are from countires we didn't even know existed and they are here so they can safely care for their children and love their God. If we don't let them what moral ground can we stand on for our own so called rights? If there is no freedom to worship God in America then there is no freedom to worship him anywhere(except Canada)