Glad to be American: Reason #1,426

Judicial authorities in the central Iranian city of Isfahan have announced that women state employees who fail to wear the Islamic hijab or head scarf, face lashing as punishment. Isfahan's director general for Judicial Authority, Mohammad Ansari, apparently wants to apply to the letter an article in Iran's penal code stipulating 74 lashes for women who do not dress according to Islamic law including wearing the chador, the black veil that covers women from head to toe.

Yep. Definitely lovin' that little thing called Separation of Church and State. We quibble about it often enough in this country (thanks, ACLU!)...reading this I'd say a little more appreciation is in order.

Iran
Islam
Punishment