What next? Women in Burkas???
This is a dangerous decision...it opens up the door to having women wearing burkas in their pictures...
Members of an Alberta Hutterite colony have won the right to carry driver's licences that don't carry their photographs.
The Wilson Colony, near Coaldale, 12 kilometres east of Lethbridge, took the province to court after the government introduced a new licence that must have a driver's photo on it.
The colony argued in a Lethbridge court that the government's rule violated its charter right to freedom of religion. Members believe the second commandment in the Bible prohibits them from willingly having their picture taken.
The province argued the photos were necessary to prevent fraud or identity theft. But a judge determined the Crown had failed to prove that this would likely be the case.
posted by GayandRight @ 11:08 AM
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And yet, the Sharia law isn't allowed in Ontario. Strange.
It's a sad commentary that ridiculous dicisions like this one are just par for the course these days.
Trust me .... with all the centuries of inbreeding by Arabs and Muslims I can se why the men want the females to cover their face.
Right on! As a native canadian I have always abhorred the obligatory picture taking I have been subjected to.
This looks like a keeper :)
The Charter - like the Constitution in the U.S. - is killing Canada slowly.
No one is forced to get a Driver's licence. No picture, no licence. Why is it so difficult for our overpaid 'learned professionals' of the judiciary to understand such simple and basic things?
Do they run their households with the same level of stupidity? Doubt it.
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