French assembly bans student religious garb.The French National Assembly voted in February to ban students from wearing religious headgear headgear, n the apparatus encircling the head or neck and providing attachment for an intraoral appliance in use of extraoral anchorage. headgear, radiologic, n a device that is used to protect the head from injury by radiation. and jewelry jewelry, personal adornments worn for ornament or utility, to show rank or wealth, or to follow superstitious custom or fashion. The most universal forms of jewelry are the necklace, bracelet, ring, pin, and earring. in the country's public schools. By a 494-to-36 vote, the National Assembly approved a measure that would bar religious garb, which has been defined by government officials and an advisory commission to include Islamic head scarves scarves n. A plural of scarf1. scarves Noun a plural of scarf1 , large Christian crosses and Jewish skullcaps. The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times reported that Sikh turbans would likely also be included in the ban. The French Senate is expected to vote on a similar measure in March. President Jacques Chirac has come out in favor of the ban and spoke on its behalf in a nationally televised address. Polls show most French citizens support the ban, which could take effect in the coming school year. Officials with the Bush administration have called on French lawmakers to reconsider the legislation and even suggested that the measure could subvert international religious freedom agreements. |
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