the photo ID that wasnt

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Today�s jaw-dropper: a Muslim woman is suing Florida for suspending her driver’s license after she refused to remove her face-covering veil for the photograph. The ACLU is handling her case. And CAIR, of course, is outraged that the state of Florida would actually expect a photo ID to be useful for identification.

“To take it off would be the equivalent of some other woman being forced to remove her blouse,” said Ibrahim Hooper, spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Washington, D.C.-based Islamic advocacy group.

Amazingly, she was allowed to get two previous driver’s licenses, posing with a veil that revealed only her eyes.

Next time I have to renew my driver’s license I’m going to claim my religion requires me to wear Mickey Mouse ears and a scuba mask.

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