Banning the (Wedding) Veil
The burqa is again making headlines in Quebec and I, again, need to speak up. This time with a caricature.
A couple shows up at the provincial court house to be wed in a civil ceremony. The Justice of the Peace watches over the attending family and the excited couple as they all take their seats. The groom is dressed in a rented tuxedo. The shoes polished to bowling ball gleam. The bride is dressed in pure white. They are holding hands and anxiously waiting for the Justice of the Peace to begin reciting the verses they wrote for their special day.
Finally the Justice begins:
"Please rise. Ahem....I....I." He seems nervous for some reason. Strange since he has presided over hundreds of these ceremonies.
"Before we begin I need to ask you to remove your veil Madame...Madame..." he glances down at his notes for the name, "Madame Tremblay. Quebec provincial law prevents me from providing any services to women whose faces are covered with a veil. I am sorry."
Laws are meant to be applied uniformly. Let's hope Bill 94 will be.
Let me know what you think about what you have just read. Please and thanks!
A couple shows up at the provincial court house to be wed in a civil ceremony. The Justice of the Peace watches over the attending family and the excited couple as they all take their seats. The groom is dressed in a rented tuxedo. The shoes polished to bowling ball gleam. The bride is dressed in pure white. They are holding hands and anxiously waiting for the Justice of the Peace to begin reciting the verses they wrote for their special day.
Finally the Justice begins:
"Please rise. Ahem....I....I." He seems nervous for some reason. Strange since he has presided over hundreds of these ceremonies.
"Before we begin I need to ask you to remove your veil Madame...Madame..." he glances down at his notes for the name, "Madame Tremblay. Quebec provincial law prevents me from providing any services to women whose faces are covered with a veil. I am sorry."
Laws are meant to be applied uniformly. Let's hope Bill 94 will be.
Let me know what you think about what you have just read. Please and thanks!
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