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.
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I wish islam would be banned instead.
Perhaps the legal challenge should be to ban French men from wearing tight fitting swim trunks…
LOL
Me too. However this just seems silly. Can’t people wear what they want?
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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.
why would they care what women or men wear to the beach?
Some folk need that burkini out in public.
Go to the beach and implement an immediate Bikini Ban!!!
Then stand back.
Maybe they should mandate women go topless?
Maybe they should mandate women go topless?
TTDRP
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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.”
-—waiting for the wet burkini contest——
So I guess that "allah" doesn't forbid everything for women.
Oh yeah - you and me both....
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“ Men are normally obliged to wear tight-fitting swimming trunks…”
Well, that explains the fat guys in Speedos, I guess.
In the Middle East they say Spring break tourism dollars fell sharply since the wet burqua contests were banned.
Howling guys were disgusting, actually.
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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.
correction: in the first film....
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