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Diversity a la Booth
22 December 2004Cherie Booth, wife of British P.M. Tony Blair, has intervened in the case of a 15-year old Muslim girl who was prevented from wearing a burqa to school. Booth claims the school violated the student's homan rights, and is seeking a declaration that the school acted unlawfully. "'I say our policy is to respect diversity,'" said Booth, "'and it is not for a public authority to judge which beliefs are more valid than others.'" When asked whether a school must accomodate a student who wanted to cover her face though, Booth qualified her call for diversity by saying the Human Rights Convention only protects freedom of though, conscience and religion, not cultural beliefs.
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