http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=6&u=/ap/20041020/ap_on_re_eu/france_head_scarves
I'm glad I live in a free country where we understand the difference between separation of church and state versus suppression of religion.
Then again, the French lost any post WWII semblance of integrity back when they blew up that Greenpeace ship. Not a tolerant people.