Would I be allowed to walk the streets of Washington, London, Paris, or Berlin (or name your capital of choice) wearing a mask that obscured my identity?
If the answer is no, then women should not be allowed to wear a full veil.
If the answer is yes, then women should be allowed to wear a full veil.
After all businesses can still restrict doing business with people who conceal their identity (banks do it) and private citizens can always restrict access to private property to anyone who conceals their identity.
So this really comes down to public property and government facilities.
Are there any laws that would prevent me from walking down the street, minding my own business, wearing a mask that conceals my identity?
I am not aware of any in the United States but I don't know about other countries.
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abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.
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