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To: Mrs. Don-o

I read it. In France when they banned the Hijab they banned Jewish skullcaps and large crosses, but everyone knew who the law was directed to.

As a matter of information, while some Orhodox Jewish women may not swim with men, they wear ordinary bathing suits when they swim separately. And in US there are private facilities which do cater to special rules of Orthodox Jews, but to my knowledge no public ones.

From the article:

"When they swim, the women wear three-quarter-length pants — spandex or free-flowing garments — covering their bodies from navel to knees"

"or free-flowing garments" is nothing like the pictures you have posted, and that type of garment poses a danger to themselves and others. Second, the fact that swimsuits looked different in the past is no argument for their safety. Cars looked different then too. Now they all have seatbelts and airbags.


347 posted on 07/20/2005 1:10:42 PM PDT by dervish (freedom is a long distance race)
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To: dervish

I didn't post any pictures. The pics are not from the article.


351 posted on 07/20/2005 1:14:08 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Liberty. A beautiful concept..)
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