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my only concern with a blanket statement like that is that it can also be used to assert that schools shouldn't teach evolution to children raised by staunch creationists...

Okay, dusting up sediment about headgear. As I recall, Catholic ladies wore hats a lot, and always in church. I wear one my grandmother's scarves to keep my hair when the windows are down, and occaisionally pull out and try on others. I look a bit like her but not enough. I think I have to have greyer, shorter, hair, maybe.

Russian Jewish ladies wore their hair covered at the turn of the last century (some line from "Fiddler on the Roof" that stuck).

There is a Native American tribe where women change their hair style from unbound to bound when they marry. Or maybe several do. With the Aleuts, in winter the hair is probably concealed under a parka hood when outside. For the sake of their body temp and ears, I hope so. I only heard this once, a long time ago.

So, what's the deal with keeping Muslim girls from their hijabs? Unless they use them to strangle someone, umm, I'm perplexed. It's a tradition, no? I'm just amazed some part of our government is trying to do right by the Constitution. (NOT the ship.)


Admittedly, I've had little experience with Muslim women, and most of them seemed a bit arrogant. Or maybe very reserved. I chalk it up to place, time, and their mistaken notion of money-exchange and social position. They cheated themselves when then they got rude. I didn't always feel I owed it to them to tell them everything they could use to know. I just wanted them to go away and let me get back to more pleasant work, like cleaning out the walk-in bird cage, stomping roaches, and filling out tax forms. I have had problems with Christians and Jews, too, but I confess a hijab puts up a little warning flag in the back of my brain that I'm ashamed for having. I'm still getting over the fact that you're Christian.

I wear a babushka in cold weather, because it's marginally less disgusting than my parka's hood. Nylon around my ears feels weird. Cotton quite nice.

Since I have no formal religion, I have no particular strictures on headgear, except it should be flattering. Hell, I wouldn't wear clothes at all, except for temperature considerations, silly laws, and a bit of modesty about my shape since I've aged. But I'll never forget the naked lady on the corner of Schubert and Main. Sneakers and a baseball cap.

Would someone tell me why men are supposed to remove their hats indoors? Unless it's blocking my view of something, I can't care. Other than that, it's a pretty gesture on the screen, if it's sweeping enough. I think I'm lacking in popular acculturation. I don't get it.