Time To Line Up All Of The Lawyers...

[The Blowhard]

ORLANDO, Fla. - A judge ruled Thursday that a Muslim woman can pursue her legal fight to wear a veil for a driver's license photo, despite objections from the state that it jeopardizes public safety.


Judge Ted Coleman denied a state motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Sultaana Freeman, whose driver's license was revoked when she refused to replace her photograph with one showing her face unveiled.

Freeman, 34, is suing to get her license back with a photo that hides most of her face, except her eyes, behind a veil known as a niqab.

Freeman wears the veil for religious reasons.

When Freeman applied for a Florida license last year after moving from Illinois, she had no problems getting a license wearing the veil, said her attorney, Howard Marks. It was only after the Sept. 11 attacks that the Florida Department of Motor Vehicles told her to replace the photo, he said.

Jason Vail, an assistant state attorney, argued that having a face visible in a driver's license photo is a matter of public safety since criminals are often identified through such pictures.

"It doesn't target religion," Vail said of the requirement. "It targets everyone."


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[Hawiian shirt craig]

fuck her, welcome to america honey... you have
freedom of religeon as long as its the same as mine
and you dont open your ugly mouth!!!!


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[DarkHippie]

a lawyer can can?

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[ShelleBink]

u forgot to mention

she's caucasian (sp) and only converted 5 years ago. she's doing it for attention ((norton quote))

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[seagullbeagle]

There are so many issues in the news now highlighting the relationship between church and state..... It's ironic that we make people include god in some things(pledge of allegiance),and make them exclude their religous beliefs in others.(the veiled photograph drivers license) Many are up in arms to keep the god references in the pledge......so how can we force a person to break the rules of their own religion just to get the right to drive? <P>

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