Girl Suspended for Wearing Scarf to School
As CNN reports, a Mohammedan girl was suspended for wearing a scarf to a public school which requires students to doff hats. This is ridiculous; would a Jew be forced to remove his hat? Would an Orthodox Christian be forced to shave his beard? Would a Latin be forced to remove his scapular? Would a Baptist be forced to remove his WWJD t-shirt?
I do not agree with Mohammedans, nor with Jews, nor with Latins or Baptists—but surely they deserve the same liberty I desire. This is a nation founded, however imperfectly, upon principles of freedom; that is our principle strength. We allow our fellow men to endanger their very souls in the name of freedom (what else is religious toleration but allowing another to go to Hell?); surely we can afford to allow them to wear head-coverings.
