And many, unfortunately, who do not. :(

I think that’s a common misconception about abuse - that verbal/psychological abuse isn’t as much of a problem because there aren’t marks or bruises.

Well, I think I’ve got to eat crow too. I wasn’t really picking up on your sarcasm. Perhaps you speak it more fluently than I? :)

What in the actual fuck? I really, really, really hope you’re being sarcastic.

For some, perhaps. Definitely not for everyone who advocates for the ban.

I would argue that their choice has been determined for them. It’s not a choice in the way you or I, as free speaking atheists, experience it. Coming from someone who was in a very, very tight religious community that practiced spiritual oppression, I can tell you that where once I believed it to be my “choice” (to…

Or maybe those programs can be implemented simultaneously along with group discussions about why the ban might be seemed important to assimilate into a Western culture? It’s not like covering ones head is being banned. Further, the burka itself physically and figuratively take that woman distinctly out of the public…

That’s not exactly true...we’re not a “free for all” philosophy. The point is that wearing it is likely hurting her; especially because for many women who “want” to have been culturally programmed (via violence or the threat of it) and coerced into believing it’s their choice. Spiritual abuse is a thing. And, this is…

And that we continue to lean into our discomfort in order to fight along side him for what is right!