This shows the French are not as big weiners as the public thought.

This type of legislation wouldn't be constitutional in the United States, but it may be interesting to see what sort of effect it may have in France.

This is so long overdue. The United States of America needs to step it up and enact a law just like it. I feel for the females of that religion. Maybe it might start the women thinking, "I'm not an animal owned and controlled by my father, brother or husband" “I am worth more than a camel and two goats”

Why? And you can say that not seeing a person doens't allow you to know who it is...but I'm pretty sure more attacks/murders etc.. have taken place by people without a Burqa than by those wearing one. If an ID needs to be made...such women would gladly reveal their face to another women. You men seriously have to know what a women looks like so much that you have to get such choices banned? Now I don't agree with men being able to force such a thing, and am all for it being illegal to force them to do so....but who cares if someone wants to wear one? As for the above comment..and it being 2010..you answered your own question when you stated it was a religious issue. Just because other religions get to a point where they decided to say "You know what..I'm not going to do THAT" anymore about something doesn't make another wrong to decide to stick with how it was in the first place. This is just silly.

In this day and age of public violence, my concern is safety. Veiling allows anyone to be annonymous. However, I have been in France when it is sleeting and had my own face wrapped in a scarf. How will France handle that?

If anyone in our government had the guts to do this it would be the greatest thing. But, it's not going to happen since we have a muslim in the White House.
I read the other day where Obama is encouraging Sharia law in Kenya as the dominate law...WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU?
These people are allowed to wear these burqas in their dmv photos...HOW STUPID IS THAT?!! They don't know if it is a woman or a man under that thing.
When you come to the United States of America, you are supposed to adapt to OUR ways of living, NOT we adapting and accepting YOUR way of living. THIS IS OUR COUNTRY!!!

Tracie, you sound like the idiot who sat next to me in the nail salon yesterday, voicing her opinion that the BP oil spill isn't as bad as the media is making it out to be. Paranoid.

I think women should be able to choose and have religious freedom, but if oppressive husbands are forcing them to cover, that is so pre 19th century. Turkey outlawed veils in the 1920s I read. Conspiracy theory: maybe big brother wants to see everyone's face on all the security cameras?

If people want to live in modern society then they should live by modern rules and outlaw the Burqa. The Amish dress as they want and live in their own world and no one bothers them. The Muslims want it both ways. So if they want to drive the women need to unveil. If they want to move around in public places they need to unveil. If they can't accept this then they should live apart from us and leave us alone.

I have heard my religion and lifestyle bashed by the same people that are crying foul over this burqua ban. I know that as soon as we reached Saudi Arabia and Jordan my wife and daughters had to be trussed up like Christmas turkeys in the hot unflattering clothing required by Muslim law. We did this because we were in their country and were required to GO BY THEIR RULES. Now the shoe is on the other foot, and the Muslim women are required to go by France's rules. Also, I think it is great that the penalty for making the women wear these ridiculous outfits falls more heavily on the men that force them to don this garb. Viva La France!

This isn't being fair to other religions. I myself am not Muslim but if a Muslim woman chooses to wear the veil then they should have every right to do so. There has got to be some sort of middle ground on this issue.

I am a big believer in freedom of religion (or even freedom from religion.) All it would take, however, is one suicide bomber dressed in a burqa here for the Supreme Court to overlook any religious significance of the garb. Why wait for a few dozen deaths to ban them? France is smart. It's close to 100 degrees today. It is torture to force anyone to wear that.

Unfortunately we find ourselves in a situation where it is necessary to see the faces of the people we encounter. There are those out there who wish to do us harm and wearing a burqa (male & female) would only make it easier for them to carry out their barbaric intentions. Also it's senseless to assume that Muslim women would declare they are being forced to wear a burqa as doing so could have disasterous consequences for them. They are not allowed such freedom in their own homes even in democratic society. I don't like having to ban religious attire but there are times when we have to do what we don't really like for the sake of the greater good.

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and just where did you read that about President Obama, Tracie, was it printed on Rush's extremely large buttocks? lol

I wonder why the French Government thinks they can tell people what they can't wear when they see how wrong it is for a man to force a woman wear a burqua? Different sides of the same coin, both are wrong. Both sides takes away personal freedoms. The Gov should allow women to wear a burqua if they WANT to (for cultural and religious freedoms) and lock up any man who forces a woman to wear them (or not wear them, for that matter- it should be the womans choice only). This should be about what's right (human rights) not about personal opinions.