My faith is such a deep, personal part of who I am that being told to hide a symbol of it just to go to work feels like being told a piece of my identity isn't welcome in public life.
My faith is such a deep, personal part of who I am that being told to hide a symbol of it just to go to work feels like being told a piece of my identity isn't welcome in public life.
France's 2004 law banning conspicuous religious symbols in public schools, and subsequent workplace-neutrality rulings by the European Court of Justice, were built on the specific legal principle of laicite, official state religious neutrality, which differs fundamentally from countries without that same constitutional tradition, making this a much more context-dependent policy than a universal standard.
Has public criticism of religion by prominent atheists been good for society?
Is caste-based reservation system still necessary in modern India?