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To: michael97123 who wrote (157305)	1/28/2005 2:46:50 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I agree. The French, however, believe tht secularism extends to the way kids dress at school, and I don't have any quarrel with that since it is something innately French and I respect their choices. Couldn't do it here, of course.

To: michael97123 who wrote (157305)	1/28/2005 2:49:39 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

If they want to do that, they should find a country that thinks that is something to enshrine as a "right". Citizens have the rights granted to them by their country, and those rights are often (at least in the Western democracies) created by governments supported by the people. The French turn out in much higher numbers to vote than do Americans. They have a different concept of what "rights" a citizen has, than citizens of other countries might have. Are you suggesting there is only one menu of "rights" that is correct, and that every country should have this menu, rather than one preferred by their population?