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Originally Posted by acottawa
Courts have already ruled against Sikhs being exempted from helmet laws. This is a purely political question.
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I'm curious as to how this is enforced - religion being a personal set of spiritual beliefs and all. Can't exactly whip out your religious identity card on demand, after all.
So, does one have to actually be wearing a turban to be allowed the exemption, or are "soft" Sikhs permitted as well? What about a non-Sikh wearing a turban for whatever reason - or groups like Rastas who also have vaguely similar rules about their hair? And how about Sikh women - are they also exempt from helmet laws, or does it only apply to men?
Worth noting that wearing a helmet in and of itself isn't actually against anyone's spiritual beliefs - and there do exist modified helmets meant to accommodate Sikhs in particular, so I'm not sure this is even really necessary in the name of reasonable accommodation. My preference, for the record though, would be to just make helmets non-mandatory for everyone.