msnbc.com: Case of fully veiled woman roils France

[Vance R. Koven]

What interests me in the story is the statement--about which nobody seems to
have commented--that the woman professed no knowledge of the personal
freedoms French law grants to women and all individuals. Having no knowledge
of French immigration law, and precious little of US immigration law, I
would have expected this to be the handle for denying citizenship, namely
that she had not sufficiently familiarized herself with the fundamental laws
of the country. Whether or not she chooses to avail herself of these
liberties is a different matter; but one should know what the options are.

Vance

On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 5:20 AM, Joel Sogol <jlsatty at wwisp.com> wrote:

>  Case of fully veiled woman roils France
> Dissenting voices are wondering whether France went too far in denying
> citizenship to a  Muslim woman who sheaths herself in a head-to-toe veil,
> saying she had not assimilated into society.
>
> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25707374/from/ET/
>
>
>
>
>
> Joel L. Sogol
>
> Attorney at Law
>
> 811 21st Avenue
>
> Tuscaloosa, Alabama  35401
>
> ph (205) 345-0966
>
> fx  (205) 345-0967
>
> jlsatty at wwisp.com
>
>
>
> Ben Franklin observed that truth wins a fair fight -- which is why we have
> evidence rules in U.S. courts.
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> To post, send message to Religionlaw at lists.ucla.edu
> To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see
> http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw
>
> Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as
> private.  Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are
> posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or
> wrongly) forward the messages to others.
>



-- 
Vance R. Koven
Boston, MA USA
vrkoven at world.std.com
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.ucla.edu/pipermail/religionlaw/attachments/20080717/8f1f8ca9/attachment.htm