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Kate | Tuesday, May 9, 2006 |
And another worm wiggles free.
An Alberta court has ruled that the law requiring a photo be taken for the purpose of drivers license identification violates the religious beliefs of Hutterites and is unconstitutional. (No link available yet)
Next up:
Via Canadian radio talk host John Gormley, whose callers were quick to point out that they don’t seem to have any religious objection to having their images captured by surveillance video at Wal-Mart.
About the Author: Kate is a freelance commercial and automotive airbrush artist living in Saskatchewan, Canada. She was one of the original guest bloggers at OTB in November 2004 and soon joined the permanent stable, contributing through January 2007.
Eventually, she turned to writing full time at her own blog, small dead animals, which was voted the Best Canadian Blog in the 2004 Weblog Awards and has been generally considered that country's best blog ever since.
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I wonder how long it will be before the U. S. stops recognizing Canadian drivers' licenses.
If I remember correctly, in the film Lawrence of Arabia, the character played by Anthony Quinn refused to allow his picture to be taken for fear that it would take his soul or some such primitive belief.
I'm surprised it has taken this long to surrender.
Even the Saudis require full-face, unveiled photos of women for official documents. Those include passports and ID cards; of course drivers licenses aren't on the schedule yet.
US Immigration also requires full-face, unveiled photos, so the Hutterite women will have to come up with something if they're traveling to the US.
They should be given the option of having a microchip implanted in the back of their neck. I wonder what objections that would raise?
My point, John, is that we currently have a reciprocal agreement on drivers licenses with Canada. Unless specific action is taken that won't automatically evaporate.
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