Outside the Beltway

Outside the Beltway

The Can Opens

Kate McMillan
6

Comments

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.

,
, ,

6 responses to “The Can Opens”

  1. Dave Schuler Avatar
    Dave Schuler

    I wonder how long it will be before the U. S. stops recognizing Canadian drivers’ licenses.

  2. charles austin Avatar
    charles austin

    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.

  3. John Burgess Avatar
    John Burgess

    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.

  4. LJD Avatar
    LJD

    They should be given the option of having a microchip implanted in the back of their neck. I wonder what objections that would raise?

  5. Dave Schuler Avatar
    Dave Schuler

    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.

Trending