Radical Islam Loses Again in Florida
Charles Johnson
Wed Sep 7, 2005 at 4:31 pm PDT • Views: 307
In a victory for plain common sense, a Florida court has upheld a ruling that convicted child batterer Sultaana Freeman cannot wear a mask in her driver’s license photo: Florida court upholds veil ban. (Hat tip: LGF readers.)
DAYTONA BEACH, Florida (AP) — A Muslim woman who, for religious reasons, wanted to wear a veil in her driver’s license photo must follow a Florida law that requires a picture of her full face, a state appeals court ruled.
The Fifth District Court of Appeal upheld a 2003 ruling by an Orlando judge that Sultaana Freeman’s right to free exercise of religion would not be burdened by the photo requirement.
“We recognized the tension created as a result of choosing between following the dictates of one’s religion and the mandates of secular law,” Appellate Judge Emerson R. Thompson Jr. wrote in Friday’s opinion. “However, as long as the laws are neutral and generally applicable to the citizenry, they must be obeyed.”
Frank says: