discrimination of atheists

[eppie]

France is an example for us all. And for scared religious people; there are loads of religious people in France....and they are free to practice their faith.....they are just not allowed to tell other people what to do because of the God they believe in.

Of course it doesn't mean that there are no religion related problems in France but the discussion in the public space can be held on basis of facts on not based on sentiments....and this is very important I think.

Whereas, we have the Bill of Rights, which as the 1st one states, people in the US have the right to express their "sentiments" regardless of who or how many are offended. Whatever the government suppresses, just goes underground whether that be drugs, guns, or self expression.

The big difference is that the US bill of rights stems from a time in which the US was populated by religious extremists that had fled other countries (European) because they were persecuted because of their religion.
While that was a very logical thing to do in that place and time, it doesn't have much to do with basic and fundamental human rights. As is clear it is in most places, mainly the religious masses that try and take rights away from people that have other ideas than theirs.

Also it stems from a time when women, and people of any other colour than white where considered lesser human beings.
So making it illegal for women to wear Burqa's or Niqaabs is in France seen as a correct measure to counter religious extremist men who force their wives to behave in a certain way, while in the US you don't mind so much that e.g. mormons use 1 men/ more women polygamy.
You think the right of a religious person goes above that off a woman.

Although I personally think banning women wearing Burqa's will not help a lot, I agree much more with the French system than the US system.