Dress Code

[andrewducker]

[Poll #845318]

Note - for "Veil" also read "crucifix" or any other religious paraphenalia. What with BA having told an employee she can't wear a cross.

Oh - and the final question should have ended with "as non-religious bases".

Comments

[wolflady26.livejournal.com]

I either don't understand, or don't agree. Here, weddings are civil as well as religious (if they are religious at all). There is always a separate civil ceremony, if there is a religious one is up to the couple. With the civil ceremony alone, you can wear a wedding ring. And wedding rings are generally worn on the right hand here, anyway, which according to your argumentation, means that there isn't a differentiation between Jewish and Christian ceremony. I have no independent experience with that other than what you said, however.

Crosses are specifically prohibited - worn under a jacket or not. But I imagine that they don't strip people to make sure there are no symbols hidden anywhere, if that's what you're getting at. I suppose you could also get away with embroidering verses from the Koran on the inside of your clothes if you were determined to have a holy symbol on you at all times - the importance being that the children being taught couldn't see it, and that the state not appear to be pushing any specific religion.

The discussion of the German law is off subject, anyway. I was giving an example of something that I thought was a "very good reason" for a prohibition, other than a prejudice about what people can and cannot do, and I think that ensuring a strict division of church and state qualifies. Your mileage may vary.

[fjm.livejournal.com]

How interesting, I didn't know you wore the ring on your right hand.

Re the ceremony, my point is that things "leak". We weren't allowed any expression of religion at our ceremony, but the words used by the registrar were still straight out of the book of Common Prayer.