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French burkini ban upheld as Grenoble loses legal challenge
BBC News ^ | June 21, 2022 | Robert Plummer

Posted on 06/21/2022 2:55:51 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

France's highest administrative court has upheld a ban on full-body "burkini" swimsuits in public pools, rejecting an appeal by the city of Grenoble.

Last month, Grenoble authorised all swimwear, including burkinis, sparking a legal battle with the government.

Burkinis are worn largely by Muslim women as a way of preserving modesty and upholding their faith.

But the court said it could not allow "selective exceptions to the rules to satisfy religious demands".

The dispute went all the way to the Council of State after a local court in Grenoble suspended the ban on the grounds that it seriously undermined the principle of neutrality in public services.

Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin also weighed in, describing the policy as an "unacceptable provocation" that was contrary to French secular values.

France has strict laws on which swimming costumes can be worn and the issue of religious expression in public places is divisive.

The ban on burkinis in state-run pools is also advocated for reasons of hygiene. Men are normally obliged to wear tight-fitting swimming trunks - another rule that Grenoble unsuccessfully attempted to overturn by permitting longer swimming shorts.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: burkini; burkinis; publicpools; swimsuits
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1 posted on 06/21/2022 2:55:51 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

I wish islam would be banned instead.


2 posted on 06/21/2022 2:57:22 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as. )
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Perhaps the legal challenge should be to ban French men from wearing tight fitting swim trunks…

LOL


3 posted on 06/21/2022 3:04:37 PM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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Me too. However this just seems silly. Can’t people wear what they want?


4 posted on 06/21/2022 3:05:31 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016 democratic )
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To: MinorityRepublican
Well, then I'm going to cancel my plans for the French summer vacation.
Major bummer - I was so looking forward to watching all those Muslim women in burkinis too.
Drat.

/s

5 posted on 06/21/2022 3:07:22 PM PDT by GaltAdonis
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What a tragic loss...


6 posted on 06/21/2022 3:11:19 PM PDT by GaltAdonis
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To: napscoordinator
Me too. However this just seems silly. Can’t people wear what they want?

I'm actually with the French on this. You live in French, you follow their customs. After all, "When in Rome, do as the Romans do."

If that's too hard, they can move to Canada, the country would be much more accepting.

Even USA would be better, they can wear what they want but the Americans would stare at them, probably.

7 posted on 06/21/2022 3:11:25 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

why would they care what women or men wear to the beach?
Some folk need that burkini out in public.


8 posted on 06/21/2022 3:28:06 PM PDT by ronniesgal (Hot fun in the summertime! thanks rjo.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Go to the beach and implement an immediate Bikini Ban!!!

Then stand back.


9 posted on 06/21/2022 3:34:31 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (My /s is more true than your /science (or you might mean /seance))
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To: MinorityRepublican

Maybe they should mandate women go topless?


10 posted on 06/21/2022 3:51:26 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: MinorityRepublican

Maybe they should mandate women go topless?


11 posted on 06/21/2022 3:51:33 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: MinorityRepublican

TTDRP

(This thread doesn’t require pictures)


12 posted on 06/21/2022 3:56:55 PM PDT by READINABLUESTATE (It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies.)
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“Burkinis are worn largely by Muslim women as a way of preserving modesty and upholding their faith.”

Not quite. More like: “Burkinis are worn largely by Muslim women as a way of showing subservience to the men in their lives.”


13 posted on 06/21/2022 3:58:08 PM PDT by BobL (My hatred of Necons/Globalists exceeds my love of Ukraine or any other country, other than the US)
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To: GaltAdonis

-—waiting for the wet burkini contest——


14 posted on 06/21/2022 4:16:22 PM PDT by OldWarBaby
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To: MinorityRepublican
I've spent some time in the UAE...including Dubai. While in the Mall of Dubai (an amazing place) one routinely sees guys in those long white gowns and things on their heads,wearing sandals,and women trailing behind them with those head to toe black things so all you can see is their eyes. However,those women are all wearing what appear to be *very* expensive shoes.

So I guess that "allah" doesn't forbid everything for women.

15 posted on 06/21/2022 4:18:46 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Ballots)
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"...—waiting for the wet burkini contest— ..."

Oh yeah - you and me both....

/s

16 posted on 06/21/2022 4:32:04 PM PDT by GaltAdonis
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To: MinorityRepublican

“ Men are normally obliged to wear tight-fitting swimming trunks…”

Well, that explains the fat guys in Speedos, I guess.


17 posted on 06/21/2022 5:01:08 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals)
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To: MinorityRepublican

In the Middle East they say Spring break tourism dollars fell sharply since the wet burqua contests were banned.
Howling guys were disgusting, actually.


18 posted on 06/21/2022 5:15:08 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: GaltAdonis

Photo....

Sort of like when feminists demanded original Star Trek show anti-male future costumes in ST:the Next Generation and all later ones. Some sponsor must have pressured them to take Jeri Ryan for Voyager.

In William Shatner’s first memoir (of several) he recalled the horrible anti-male pants for the men in the thirst theatrical film Star Trek -——and the pathetic howls of pain as one after another actor had his testicles pinched hard by the cut of the pants as they moved too quickly.


19 posted on 06/21/2022 5:23:19 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: frank ballenger

correction: in the first film....


20 posted on 06/21/2022 5:29:33 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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