Zipperfish Zipperfish:
I don't see how head scarves would interfere that much. On the other hand, I don't see why anyone should have to change the rules of the world's most popular game to suit a religion.
I feel bad for the players. It looks like they were used as pawns in this fiasco, and their dreams of playing at the Olympics are dead.
+1.
I'd be just as opposed to this if we were talking about Amish or Mormons playing the game.
The big difference here is that when non-Amish visit Lancaster County or when non-FLDS visit Bountiful they don't expect non-believing women to observe their rules and when these people go out of their communities - like the Amish do in Rumspringa - they don't object to fitting in with the communities they visit.
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