Thread: Minnesotan honored to wear a hijab during Miss Minnesota USA pageant

Originally Posted by njtom

No, it has everything to do with accepting people. (The pageant is, of course, free to implement a dress code of their choice.)

We are talking about the pageant ...why did she not RESPECT the dress code of the pageant

Its one of the major tactics of the left...silence the opposition with cries of Islamophobia

Originally Posted by Cardinal TT

We are talking about the pageant ...why did she not RESPECT the dress code of the pageant

If the pageant accepted her, then she was in compliance with whatever dress standards they happened to have.

This is not a case of a person suing the pageant to force it to change their standards.

Originally Posted by Cardinal TT

Its one of the major tactics of the left...silence the opposition with cries of Islamophobia

No need to emit cries when the attitude is obvious.

Next year I want to enter wearing a tutu...I expect all the liberals to be tolerant to my views

Originally Posted by njtom

Why is it so hard to tolerate others who choose to live a different way?

Have you ever asked that question of liberals or is it just conservatives you get offended with?

Left liberals take the cake when it comes to hypocrisy and intolerance

Originally Posted by Cardinal TT

We are talking about the pageant ...why did she not RESPECT the dress code of the pageant

Originally Posted by njtom

If the pageant accepted her, then she was in compliance with whatever dress standards they happened to have.

This is not a case of a person suing the pageant to force it to change their standards.

ok...thanks for bringing that up...I retract my comment

I thought Miss America had a dress code ...if they didn't then she is allowed to enter

Originally Posted by victoryword

I know that this will fall upon deaf ears, and I will probably be wasting ten minutes of time that I will never get back, but I suppose that I am sometimes a glutton for punishment.

First, if a person wants to give "religious" expression, a beauty pageant is NOT the place to do it. I don't even agree with Christians getting into those things since there is no place for modesty when you must where a bathing suit.

But a beauty pageant (and I have not watched one probably since I was a kid) is supposed to be, to my recollection, a place to judge someone's beauty, which includes their face and body. If you do not want your face and body judged then do not enter a pageant. If what happens in pageants is against your religious views then do NOT enter into one. I really believe that it is that simple.

The real bigotry is with those who continue to try to force acceptance of their lifestyle and dress codes. Do you understand? (I didn't think so but alas, perhaps the Lord will at least give me some credit in the Heavenly reward system for trying to talk some sense into you).

BINGO.

Originally Posted by njtom

The woman is not forcing anyone to accept her lifestyle or dress code. You are free to dress as you please, to worship as you please, to live as you please. Why is it so hard to tolerate others who choose to live a different way? (Re. the pageant, beauty is not necessarily a function of percentage of exposed skin, and my understanding is that other talents are also taken into consideration; it is not just about the physical.)

Tom, this has nothing to do with tolerating others who choose to live a different way. This is about entering a beauty pageant. The pageant should tell her she can't compete that way because they have certain dress codes that she can't comply with. The reason they probably haven't done that (if they haven't) is that they would be first publicly derided on social media and the press, and if they stuck to their guns then she would probably sue. If she is serious about entering a beauty pageant she should find one where how she dresses is appropriate. But I suspect that isn't really the reason she's doing it.

And I totally agree with AJ's statement:

Do we dare say that if it had been any other American girl, refusing to wear the pageant "uniforms" of gowns and bathing suits, they wouldn't be allowed to compete?