Posted on 07/19/2005 1:03:41 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o
It's Saturday evening, the end of a hot day, and a group of women and children have gathered at North Seattle's Meadowbrook Pool for their monthly swim.
Most of the pool staff has left, except for two female lifeguards, who on this day will be on duty for the next two hours.
The women and children — all Muslims — have been swimming in private once a month at Meadowbrook as part of a program organized by the North Seattle Family Center.
Because Islam requires Muslim women to fully cover themselves in public, swimming in pools or the ocean is largely off-limits for many.
But across the Puget Sound area, that's starting to change as public and private pools at times are sending home their male staff members, covering up their windows and allowing women of faith to swim alone and in private...
Access to these pools is not free; the groups, like all others that use these facilities, pay a rental fee....
(Excerpt) Read more at seattletimes.nwsource.com ...
"not forcing themselves on anybody, they are consciously keeping out of everybody else's face."
Sending males home, at a public pool. Sorry, doesn't cut it.
Islam has no fear of death, as we have seen with the suicide bombers. Islam has a fear of life!
I am a member of an organization that has monthly events for which we routinely send the female bartenders, waitresses, etc.
I guess we are as bad as the muslims, huh? Geez!
oops...meant to say...we send them home.
When's the next event?
This sexist death cult should be banned in America.
you sound like those that oppose the boy scounts. the point being that they paid for it, they are not depriving the public of use and there is no harm in modesty. do you disagree with any of that?
Where are u located...I'll let u know! LOL.
This is all right. If muslims want to practice their religious rules peacefully, paying their own way, this is very admirable.
In the early days of transatlantic steamers, women and men swam in the ship's pools at different times. Those people were mainly Christians and Jews. It was considered natural.
It's the blowing up of people, and the cutting off of their heads by muslims, that's just naturally got to stop.
Yep, you're on the money.
I love this picture because the 'hairdo' is part of the their own personal, carry with you, air conditioning.
BTW, these women are Tuareg, not Muslim, and as you can tell, they can cover and uncover at will. THAT is the big difference between Islam and basic common sense.
already being set up.
When a muslim woman is at home in bed with her husband and the other three wives, is that considered "in public"?
" If the boy scouts can't pay extra to use a government facility, why should these women?"
EXACTLY! And the Boy Scouts of America are not even a religon, whoops, cult.
America better start screaming! Whoops, to late, dumbing down process has been achieved.
My Son worked as a lifeguard at a waterpark for three summers and came home complaining almost every night. One of rules were that guests had to wear bathing suits only, no cutoffs, cotton t-shirts or flowing clothes, for safety reasons and pool filter problems. The "city folks"(as my son would say) would argue with the staff constantly, sometimes causing a scene then having to be bodily removed by a State Trooper.
I disagee. There is a difference between a group of people who belong to a church having a swim party, and an actual religious ceremony beieng conducted.
I don't have a problem with this, as long as they pay the same as every other group.
LOL!
The latter, I am afraid.
Making male employees leave a public pool, hell yes. that's nuts.
At private pools, that's fine if the club and employees agree.
If the women want to swim with clothes in public pools, let them - just don't make other taxpayers leave.
If the public pool's policy is to allow private rentals, fine, however I still have problems with making male lifeguards or other public employees leave.
"I am a member of an organization that has monthly events for which we routinely send the female bartenders, waitresses, etc. "
Is it a public place you send them home from?
Apples to apples please.... geez!
I think that Islam is political under the guise of a "religion", and demanding the rights of a religion to take over territory.
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