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I've never heard anything as extreme as that before, but I do know that the right to exercise our own religion is strongly expressed in the first amendment of our Constitution. We allow Native Americans to use peyote in their churches that have been using it for spiritual purposes.

We allow quite a bit for religion, and I don't think that it's necessarily a bad thing. Just because we can't understand something, should we condemn it? This country's first settlers were largely those who were fleeing countries in which their form of religion, beliefs, or class statuses were considered "undesireable." The intent was to create a country in which you can perform your religious beliefs with little resistance from the government.

I do find it odd though, and maybe a bit disturbing that in these days of high security levels, a woman can take a drivers license picture with her face covered. I am also, in a "go 1st amendment!" sense, impressed that she was given that freedom. Religion didn't win against country's law, the law was written to respect all religions, but I can see where you're coming from.