My thoughts exactly. I was just thinking that it was pressure from the muslimes, because the french didn't have any problem allowing it in the first place and people never seem to go back to being more conservative once they're crossed the line. I wonder how long it's going to be before they require all women to be covered and wear headscarves?
My daughter lifeguards at the local Y and said a muslime family came in. The men swam and the women sat there covered head to toe and talked on the side while the men enjoyed themselves. She couldn't believe it, especially considering how hot it is in those pool areas. God help us.
This interdiction has absolutely nothing to do with pressures of the muslims. It's just a question of decency. Paris is not Saint-Tropez or the Cap d'Agde (famous for the nudist camps). For years, in some towns of the French Riviera, it's forbidden to do your shopping wearing bikinis, for istance. On the beach ok, downtown no, thanks.
I live in eastern Kentucky, and I have seen families from more conservative churches come to pool events and the girls have to wear shorts and t-shirts to swim, while the boys get to wear regular swim trunks. Of course, the girls have to braid all their long hair to get it out of the way. I'm trying not judging how they worship, but I see these women and girls having to wear long skirts everyday, keeping their hair long, wearing no makeup, while their men just go around looking like everyone else. To me, it's a double standard. I told my husband, "the men should have to have some rule on how they look too." Something that makes them stick out.