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(emphasis added - by the way, 4th, there is your answer regarding the veiled driver's license photo.)
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Forgive me if I don't accept that as the end of that particular debate.
I do not believe that not wanting yourself to be photographed is on a par with wanting to burn yourself alive or make human sacrifices. It is more on a par with say, animal sacrifices - an issue which America (I didn't list in the list of countries I gave last time, but I've done some reading and it should join them) recognises the need to give believers an exception to respect their practices.
EDIT:> Actually, I've given the wife burning thing some thought and maybe I would include that in the list of things governments should not interfere with. After all, the government cannot force a Jehovah's Witness to accept a blood transfusion to save their life, so I can see a case for saying that the government shouldn't prevent a person committing suicide if that is what their religion dictates. The government is quite happy to let us give our lives for our country, why shouldn't it let us give our lives for our God?
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I am still open for taking answers to my incest question.