Judge Orders Jewish Man To Remove His Yarmulke
What's wrong with this judge? He cannot ask this man to remove a religious symbol like that, this guy had every right to practice his religion and the judge was totally out of place from requesting him to remove it.
Religious rights groups slammed a judge after a Jewish man was ordered to remove his yarmulke or kippah inside a courtroom.
The Rutherford Institute announced that it will be fighting for a Jewish man, who was asked to remove his religious head covering inside a courtroom in Virginia.
Stephen Orr went to court in order to fight a traffic ticket when a circuit court judge ordered him to remove his yarmulke, the head covering many Jews wear. Orr insisted that it was a part of his religious beliefs, but the judge told him again to remove it or he would be expelled from the courtroom.
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