I realise this might be intended to make it a bit harder for Muslims - inconvenience of getting a note - but impossible for everyone else.
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Traditionally, it's considered disrespectful to wear a hat indoors. Men are expected to remove hats indoors.
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OK but that's just an expectation. People don't have to if its important to them to keep it on.
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How are schools to judge whe/ that's a good enough reason? Requiring a note from religious leader removes subjectivity.
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They don't. They decide certain perameters for smart headcovering & all students have the same freedom within it.
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Theoretically possible but practically very hard to come up w/ objective standards, especially for boys
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Not at all. We have uniforms here. They describe the range of shoes allowed & jewellery. Can do same with hats.
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Men's hats indoors are disrespectful. I'm willing to make narrow exception for religious conviction, not for fashion or style.
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OK. I have no reason to respect that.It's largely arbitrary. I need some ethical justification why its OK for you but not you
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So maybe it all boils down to tradition.
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What does? Laws shouldn't. Everyone can keep their own traditions as long as they don't harm anyone else.
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So the student who wears the backwards baseball cap and intends that to mean "You can't tell me nothing," is that OK?
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We've been here. There can be smartness requirements in schools. OUtside school, of course, he can.
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There has been a traditional exception for required religious headgear, which is not viewed either as disrespectful or as threat
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I'm not saying people don't have the right to dislike other people's headgear. Just not to ban it. My mother wears a scarf.
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