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Australian Sikh Files Complaint Over Helmet Requirement To Take Motorcycle License Test

By Howard M. Friedman

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In Australia, a 21-year old Sikh man, Mandeep Singh, has filed a complaint with the Western Australia Equal Opportunity Commission because he was not allowed to take the state test for a motorcycle license without wearing a helmet. Today's West Australian reports that the state's Department of Planning and Infrastructure no longer exempts Sikhs from the helmet requirement. For religious reasons, Sikhs do not remove their turban, nor will they wear a helmet over it.

Full post as published by Religion Clause on June 22, 2009 (boomark / email).

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