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Sep 14, 2010 17:32



French Senate bans burka
Law to take effect in 6 months

The Associated Press

The French Senate voted overwhelmingly Tuesday for a bill banning the burka-style Islamic veil everywhere from post offices to streets, a move that affects only a tiny minority of the country's Muslim women but has significant symbolic repercussions.
The Senate voted ( Read more... )

france, nicolas sarkozy, islamophobia

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lissa2 September 14 2010, 22:06:19 UTC
Hey France, how about banning the barbaric circumcision of 8 days old baby boys in the name of "human dignity and secularism" too?

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psychesky September 14 2010, 22:11:40 UTC

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celtic_thistle September 15 2010, 02:43:08 UTC
Fucking agreed D:

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yami_no_hoshi September 14 2010, 22:29:50 UTC
I'd say nun's habits are a more apt comparison.

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hotcoffeems September 14 2010, 22:07:01 UTC
Va te faire foutre, French Senate. (Yes, I used singular familiar, 'cause fuck 'em).

Y tu tambien, Barcelona.

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foutu September 14 2010, 22:08:17 UTC
chiming in on this particular comment because my username is related.

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hotcoffeems September 14 2010, 22:10:15 UTC
Heh :)

Mliha!!

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zoram September 15 2010, 11:24:59 UTC
I just read the last part of your comment and went "hey! I do remember some of the French I learned in school!"

/facepalm

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summersdream September 14 2010, 23:11:15 UTC
I agree with you. <.<

But I'm just trying to figure out how they could have made this law better... there had to be some other way to do this, right?

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evewithanapple September 14 2010, 22:11:14 UTC

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mollywobbles867 September 14 2010, 22:14:00 UTC
stargirl176 September 14 2010, 22:27:05 UTC
THIS IS THE MADDEST I'VE EVER BEEN!

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rex_dart September 14 2010, 22:31:35 UTC
Tell me about it, Harry.


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mollywobbles867 September 14 2010, 22:13:45 UTC
Ugggggghhhhh. wtf.

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