There’s some dispute regarding appearance standards in which a young woman has insisted that her pierced nose is part of her religious beliefs. Long story short–she does not want to remove the piercing on religious grounds because she is a member of the "Church of Body Modification."
The Church of Body Modification espouses an open minded approach to what it calls ancient body modification rites that are essential to spirituality. Funny, that’s what most ancient body modification cultures said to justify ritual human sacrifice. You know, removing the heart, chopping off heads, that sort of thing. Had to do it to appease the gods. Millions ‘modified.’
And aren’t clitorectomies and ancient religious form of body modification? I wonder if they are tolerant of those as well? Stoning women is another winner–not so much spiritual, but a religiously motivated modification none the less.
Skip made a good point (
Paul Hodes August recess has afforded him the opportunity to engage in what he is calling his Wake up Washington Tour. My first thought was…who is sleeping in the State of Washington and why does Paul Hodes want to wake them up? As it turns out, he’s talking about the District of Columbia and how to deal with "Business as usual."