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Originally posted by fabbriche
Actually, banning religious attire violates the principles of a secular society. Being secular means being neutral on matters of religion (neither promoting nor prohibiting a religion/religious practice). It's supposed to be the middle ground between theocracy and state atheism. People should be free to voluntarily follow whatever religious codes their religion insists upon as long as it doesn't negatively impact on others.
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I get your idea of a secular society. But thing you're maybe missing is that France is not banning following religious codes in their entirety, just parts regulating dressing.
Law also prohibits stealing, unreasonable murdering etc., things which are (coincidentally?) prohibited by the Bible and the Koran. Secular society should be (imho) a society which does notprioritize one religion over another. Not a society allowing "everything" in religious codes.
If my boss wants me to work on Sundays, when people usually go to church, would he be against my religion, if i were catholic? I wouldn't say so.