A UNIFORM IS A UNIFORM IS A UNIFORM. WHEN YOU HAVE A JOB THAT REQUIRES A UNIFORM WEAR IT OR GO HOME!!! As simple as that, it has nothing at all to do with discrimation. What has The USA come to, kowtowing to the very people that are threatening to destroy it???
I dunno. Would you feel the same way if it was someone wearing a yarmulke? Most muslims in the united states are moderate religiously, and socially and economically conservative. In the 2000 election, Republicans had like a 14 point lead over democrats in the muslim vote, and the last 8 years dissipated a lot of that. (http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=5&docID=news-000002676033)
Some of it was inevitable after Iraq and Afghanistan, but it doesn’t have to be a long-term trend. Standing up for religious freedoms that don’t really impact the job is a good way to win back a naturally conservative group that should be voting republican.
The same thing is true for jews and african americans - both groups would benefit from a more entrepeneurial regulatory and political system with lower taxes. Government intervention has failed to fix any of black america’s problems. But because we let democrats portray conservatives as anti-minority, they vote against their own self-interest.