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**perhilzit** · 10-30-2011, 12:46 AM

-We already allow facial hair for medical waivers, is it such a leap of logic to allow it for religious beliefs?

-If turbans and headscarves are Conservative in nature/color - are they detracting in any way from military image?

"For medical reasons" and "For religious reason" are so cosmically distant on the scale of legitimacy that if one were to suffer a catastrophic explosion, it would take the better part of a decade for the other to notice. Also, again, the headscarf (and perhaps the turban) is not a religious garment; it is a cultural one.

Wrap a bedsheet around your head and show up in a formation at a change of command and let me know if it looks conservative and appropriate. You going to wear a hat with it too?

Methinks you've taken up a bad position.

10-30-2011, 12:46 AM	#19
perhilzit Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 368 Senior Member	-We already allow facial hair for medical waivers, is it such a leap of logic to allow it for religious beliefs? -If turbans and headscarves are Conservative in nature/color - are they detracting in any way from military image? "For medical reasons" and "For religious reason" are so cosmically distant on the scale of legitimacy that if one were to suffer a catastrophic explosion, it would take the better part of a decade for the other to notice. Also, again, the headscarf (and perhaps the turban) is not a religious garment; it is a cultural one. Wrap a bedsheet around your head and show up in a formation at a change of command and let me know if it looks conservative and appropriate. You going to wear a hat with it too? Methinks you've taken up a bad position.
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