re: Should Muslims be able to wear hijab in court?

Quoting Legendary Amanda:" In court? What? Not here. "

yes she should wear it in court?

you dont have voive anylisis in ontario? im not sure what your askign.

She should be allowed to wear it! It's not like she all of a sudden decided to dress like this. She's wore it all the time for the last five years. It's like making her stand naked to testify about how she was sexually abused. So wrong.

Quoting ☮ Phuket:" yes she should wear it in court? you dont have voive anylisis in ontario? im not sure what your askign."

They don't use them in court anywhere in Canada and I'm doubting that they do often in the US either. Not on their testimony anyway, they only time they would use it is to analyse audio evidence such as a 911 call.

Quoting -BLT-:" She should be allowed to wear it! It's not like she all of a sudden decided to dress like this. She's ... [snip!] ... all the time for the last five years. It's like making her stand naked to testify about how she was sexually abused. So wrong. "

Well this one is brutal because of the sexual abuse of course, but what about in regular trials?

Quoting Legendary Amanda:" They don't use them in court anywhere in Canada and I'm doubting that they do often in the US either. ... [snip!] ... US either. Not on their testimony anyway, they only time they would use it is to analyse audio evidence such as a 911 call. "

oooh.. well idk much about whats active in court, but it was just an option. she shouldnt be foreced to take it off in my opinion...

Quoting Legendary Amanda:" Well this one is brutal because of the sexual abuse of course, but what about in regular trials? "

I think they should have to prove that they didn't just decide to wear it that day. Somehow prove a history of being that religion and wearing it all the time. She has proven that, so should be able to wear it. Are they going to make a man with a bushy mustache and beard shave it off so they can see his face? No.

Or what about someone with Bell's Palsy, or stroke? Half of their face is paralyzed. Or someone with scar tissue over their face? In court, you can't judge if someone is lying on the stand by watching their face. You have to rely on the facts, timelines, evidence, etc. , not just if you THINK the person might be lying.

Quoting -BLT-:" Or what about someone with Bell's Palsy, or stroke? Half of their face is paralyzed. Or someone with ... [snip!] ... their face. You have to rely on the facts, timelines, evidence, etc. , not just if you THINK the person might be lying. "

what you say makes perfect sense.

Quoting Legendary Amanda:" Oh no, you can definitely tell when people are uncomfortable with what they're saying by their face. "

Not always. And of smurfing course she is going to be uncomfortable with what she's saying. She was raped...any rape victim is going to be pretty damn uncomfortable.
If facial expression were a legitimate way to tell truth from lie then we would have no need for people to go to trial and testify.

Quoting Legendary Amanda:" Well I assure you this would never pass in the US. lol I'm doubting I can even find someone who tried to fight it in the US."

What wouldn't pass? Her being able to wear it? Yes it would. It violates her first amendment rights to not allow her to wear it.

Quoting Tarynosaurus Rex:" Not always. And of smurfing course she is going to be uncomfortable with what she's saying. She was raped...any ... [snip!] ... expression were a legitimate way to tell truth from lie then we would have no need for people to go to trial and testify."

Yeah, this case is a sexual assault so it makes it sadder, but tons and tons of woman and children get up there and testify without hiding their face. And if it's such a religious injustice why are we the first country to fix it? Canada is always the first country to go out of our way to allow exceptions for religion. We're building prayer rooms in our highschools right now, the same schools that banned the word Christmas are building prayer rooms for Muslims.

It's just crazy to me,

Quoting Tarynosaurus Rex:" What wouldn't pass? Her being able to wear it? Yes it would. It violates her first amendment rights to not allow her to wear it."

Show me one case where they allowed it during a testimony and I'll apologize.

When I googled it, I got one about a woman in the US who had a jail guard tear it off of her, a woman who worked at Disney land who wasn't allowed to wear it, one about a woman who wasn't allowed in a pool area of a resort and a case about not being allowed to wear it in schools.

Nobody has even fought to wear it in US courts yet, it would never be allowed.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Legendary Amanda:</b>" When I googled it, I got one about a woman in the US who had a jail guard tear it off of her, a woman ... [snip!] ... about not being allowed to wear it in schools. Nobody has even fought to wear it in US courts yet, it would never be allowed."</blockquote>




I went to school with girls who wore them. We even talk to the girls & asked webby they did it.

Quoting True Diva:" <blockquote><b>Quoting Legendary Amanda:</b>" When I googled it, I got one about a ... [snip!] ... I went to school with girls who wore them. We even talk to the girls & asked webby they did it."

I'm not talking about schools, I'm talking about testifying in court.