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...relief." But the Court also decreed that Germany's 16 states were "free to establish the legal basis" for a head-scarf ban. In other words, state legislatures could ban head scarves from public-school classrooms if they felt their presence interfered with the obligation to provide a religiously neutral education. More liberal states are likely to allow teachers to cover their heads, but conservative ones like Bavaria have already announced they will prohibit it. Many Germans feel it's unjust that crucifixes should be removed from classrooms while Muslims are allowed to wear head scarves, even though the hijab...
...slows efforts to reverse the 60 percent unemployment in Iraq, which in turn maintains the pool of disaffection in which the insurgents can recruit. And if they're able to provoke the U.S. into striking out more forcefully against an enemy hiding in plain sight, they could turn more neutral Iraqis against the occupation. Even the terror attacks have that effect, with numerous reports from reporters on the ground suggesting traumatized Iraqis are often inclined to blame the U.S. for failing to protect them from such attacks - or even for being the cause of such attacks...
...were stepping to the puck too slow. I’d like to see us be able to regroup the puck in the neutral zone,” she said. “We’re good at that. We’ve always been good at that. We just haven’t had enough time practicing that...
...describes such an agenda. Abortion rights advocates fight tooth and nail against all restrictions on a woman’s “right to choose,” even those that would educate and empower the very women they say that they want to help. They antagonize politically neutral crisis pregnancy centers that provide objective options and counseling to all women facing unplanned pregnancies, material resources to women who choose to carry to term and abortion recovery counseling for those who do not. They insist that the emotional effects of abortion are fabricated, offering no support to women...
...text we are neutral about religion. That is the European tradition,” he said. “We propose freedom of choice...