Bandanna Ban

Here's News for Cowboys: Bandanna Can Be Religious: "Mr. Ferry blamed tension between Jews and Muslims for recent anti-Semitic attacks in France, and said he wanted to calm things down. 'I tell representatives of Islam, `Do you want your children to fight at school?' ' he said to the deputies."

Some advanced society we are (or France is, more specifically), if we believe the way to stop fighting among schoolkids (or among adults) is to deprive them of religious symbols. Look how well that's worked for Turkey, where the government operates with extreme caution in case the army decides they're getting "too religious" and initiates a coup.

I also thought this was a telling quote: "The proposed French law prohibiting the wearing of religious symbols in public schools was initially interpreted to include Islamic head scarves, Jewish skullcaps and large Christian crosses." (emphasis added)