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For the same reason that black cats and the number thirteen are taboo: irrational superstition.

Among the Amish and Orthodox Jews, men are expected to grow a beard. Failure to do so results in ostracism. If the US Senate were composed of a majority of Mennonites, we'd be debating the rights of the clean shaven. If other religious groups were in power, the government would be insisting that women wear head coverings.

It is because of the failure of the American people and the officials they elect to honor the separation of church and state that there is a national debate on the civil rights of minorities.

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