Well, if there is a question as to whether or not showing her face is in violation of her religious beliefs, why wouldn't the book that is the basis of such beliefs be used as evidence?
Remember it just Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or permitting the free exercise thereof. If forcing her to show her face prevents the free exercise of her religion then you can't make her show her face. > -----Original Message----- > From: jon hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 2:55 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Makes you shake your head. > > What I find worrying is that a copy of the Quran has been entered into > evidence. I would think that it would be plainly obvious by now to > everyone that basing a court decision in any manner on a religious > belief is not allowed anywhere in the US. > > I'm not sure about the process, but I think the prosecution would be > within it's rights to ask that it be made inadmissible as evidence. > Perhaps they are angling for a guaranteed way to appeal though. > > -- > jon > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Wednesday, May 28, 2003, 2:35:57 PM, you wrote: > RC> Why would this even be going to trial? Do you have the consitutional > RC> right to get a drivers license? Why doesn't she simply take a bus > then? > > RC> -rc > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Marlon Moyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 12:31 PM > >> To: CF-Community > >> Subject: Makes you shake your head. > >> > >> > >> I can't believe this woman was allowed to take a driver's > >> license photo with a veil in the first place. Additionally, > >> if she wants to take the photo veiled, does that mean she'll > >> be driving veiled too. Isn't that just a tad bit dangerous.... > >> > >> > RC> http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/05/28/license.veil.ap/index.html > > > RC> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Host with the leader in ColdFusion hosting. Voted #1 ColdFusion host by CF Developers. Offering shared and dedicated hosting options. www.cfxhosting.com/default.cfm?redirect=10481 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
