05 September 2006
Washtenaw County pool policy changed to allow street clothes
YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) -- Washtenaw County has changed its policy to accommodate Muslim women and girls who want to cover themselves fully while swimming in public pools
Jumanah Saadeh was on a seventh-grade class trip last summer to a public pool in Ypsilanti when she was admonished for violating swimsuit policies that prohibit street clothes.
The 14-year-old from Ann Arbor went into the pool wearing pants, a full-sleeve collared shirt and her Islamic headscarf, but was told to get out.
The teenager left the pool, but was encouraged by her teacher, Muslim leaders and a civil rights attorney to take action.
"I felt humiliated and disappointed because I was denied an opportunity to have fun with my friends just because I'm Muslim," Saadeh told the Detroit Free Press for a story Monday.
The new policy went into effect this summer
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please this is america right, you have the right not to go to public pools if you dont want to conform to its rules why should the rules be changed for a one. the america i grew up in is gone when one person can whine and get the rules changed. most pool rules are you must wear a bathing suit to swim. conform to the rules of america.. majority rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: j.e.m. | 08 September 2006
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