And how about this, a muslim wants the government to take a picture of a piece of cloth to be used as photo ID on a drivers licence. And even more stupid is that money will be wasted in courts over this stupid stunt. If she would go live in saudi arabia she wouldn't need a drivers licence.
Muslim woman sues state for not allowing veil in driver's license photo
Sun-Sentinel
January 23 2003, 4:48 PM EST
ORLANDO -- A Muslim woman has sued the state of Florida for a second time for refusing to issue her an identification card because she won't lift her veil for the photo.
A lawyer for Sultaana Freeman, 35, filed a civil lawsuit claiming First Amendment violations after the state's Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles refused to issue her a state identification card.
She first sued when her driver's license was revoked in 2001 because she would not uncover her face for a new license. At the time she had a license with her veil covering most of her face.
But after Sept. 11, 2001,in a security crackdown, the state tightened requirements for getting a license and demanded full-face photos.
Her attorney, Howard Marks, has argued that Florida statutes don't require a photograph on an ID card and that the government's stand is unconstitutional.
Freeman cannot drive and relies on her husband and friends for rides, Marks said. Freeman sought an ID card last October in part to be able to write checks and have identification. Instead, Freeman carries a birth certificate, her Social Security card and a court order detailing her name change.
``It's making her life difficult, more difficult than it needs to be,'' Marks said Wednesday when he filed the suit in Orange County.
State officials say agency rules prevent them from issuing cards with photographs of covered faces.
A trial is scheduled for April.
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