There is a reason our democracy separates "church" and "state". There is the "secular" and there is the "religious" and never the twain shall meet. The hubbub over the Muslim woman who wants to wear a Niquab when she swears an oath of Canadian citizenship is ridiculous.
She is swearing an oath to the secular Canadian state, thus her religious beliefs and dress have no place in that forum. None. Why is this so hard to comprehend? All kinds of irrelevant arguments are being waged over her "right" to wear the Niquab and how Canada is a free country and how she can dress as she likes and how she can cover her face..........and on.......and on........and on.
Forget all that. She has to appear in a secular court without her religious accoutrements. Period. The end. I am surprised no one mentions this fact of our democracy -- not even Harper?! "The separation of church and state is a description for the distance between the nation state and organized religion," says Wikipedia -- plus a lot more, but that's the basic premise.
Get over yourselves. Leave religion in your mosque, synagogue or church and abide by secularism in the public thoroughfare.
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