No liberté, égalité, fraternité for France. Or maybe there is. Just in time for Bastille Day, July 14, when the French stormed the prison holding lower classes as part of the French Revolution of 1789, the lower house of the French Assembly voted for a total ban of the veils in public spaces. If passed by the upper house the bill would prohibit the total face coverings in public spaces defined asnot just government buildings and public transport, but all streets, markets and thoroughfares, private businesses and entertainment venues. Although anaywhere from 5%-10% of the 64 million plus French population is Muslim according to the CIA Fact Book , a heritage of the country's imperliast past which ended about 50 years ago, most of the French Muslim women do not wear the veil and also did not in their countries of origin in French colonial northern Africa. Rather this potential new law, as are similar laws before the legislatures and courts in other...(Read Full Post)