Permission to wear my cross? Or my friend to wear her Star of David? Never needed it. Yet, AB1964, if passed, will give Californians permission to wear religious attire, like head scarves and turbans. I can’t believe that we need a law to enforce common respect. Apparently, though, some employers were keeping people in such attire out of public view, thus limiting their jobs and opportunities for advancement. This law will prohibit such a practice.
Why should wearable symbols of some religions cause not even a second glance while others are to be hidden? Wouldn’t this be a better world if more people exhibited the peaceful tenants of their faith in symbol, word, action, and deed?