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Yeah, riihiiight!    That is why we call the western nations civilised and respectful of freedom, Andrew, although I see the point you are making, it's just not THAT simple to me (and I come from a very tolerant nation, they say  ???)

In all the places I've been on our little planet, I came across a LOT of people, every different background you can imagine. NOWHERE, I say again, NOWHERE did I find people who didn't want me to take their picture because of stealing their soul. They wanted to get paid. Simple as that. "Dollahs! No dollahs, no peekture."
And I don't blame them, get me right, but it bugs me that there will always be these MORONS hiding behind some silly excuse for not conforming to law.

Again, don't impose your rules, just because they impose theirs onto you... even though you are right saying that law should in certain cases go above personal believes. (Can't use the word r3l1g10n) The line is just much thinner than that, which doesn't make it easier. Don't go for 'easy' on these matters.

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He probably doesn't frequent those sorts of places.

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I think you mean the Ultra conservative Amish.

There's a large Mennonite community where I live and they all drive nice cars. There's even a small Amish group here, but they drive around in old cars

Here's the way I see it. If you make just one exception, others will find their own excuses. Before you know where you are all sorts of people from weirdos to criminals are running around flouting the law, quite legally. This naturally causes discontent among the silent majority who follow the rules. Positive discrimination in favour of a minority causes the very thing it was intended to prevent - discrimination. In the end you might as well not bother making the rules in the first place.