Why does the Ontario Human Rights Commissions love veils???

I hope the Court tell them to get lost....but in harsher words...

The Ontario Human Rights Commission is arguing that a provincial court judge failed to recognize the religious freedoms of a Muslim woman when he ordered her to testify at a sexual assault trial without a veil known as a niqab.

The government agency is asking for special permission to be allowed to intervene at a Superior Court proceeding hearing an appeal of the lower court decision, because of its 45 years of “expertise” in the area of human rights.

“The Commission can offer the court assistance and expertise in the area of accommodation particularly in relation to discrimination based on creed or religious belief,” states an affidavit by Barbara Hall, chief commissioner of the human rights body.

The Superior Court hearing scheduled to begin Monday in Toronto stems from a ruling last fall by provincial court Justice Norris Weisman.

He ruled that the woman must remove the veil that covers everything but her eyes while testifying at the preliminary hearing of two men accused of sexually assaulting her.

Lawyers representing the two men argued they should be permitted to see the demeanour of the woman while she testified, as part of their right to a fair trial. The defence suggested that demeanour would help determine the credibility of the woman.

The prosecution responded that the woman ought to be permitted to wear an article of “religious dress” if that was her preference.

While he observed that it was an “admittedly difficult decision,” Weisman noted that the witness had a photo taken for her driver’s licence without a niqab. The photo was taken by a female employee, but “numerous males in modern society” might see the un-veiled picture.