In Toulouse a rabbi was prevented from voting last Sunday because one of the scrutineers objected to his wearing a kippa (traditional skull cap). The vote was being held in a school and the Communist Party overseer present said it was a breach of laicité which forbids religious signs in public places.
Fortunately for common sense other voters present insisted that the vote be allowed.
In fact it is not illegal to wear such symbols in voting stations and the rabbi pointed out that he had signed an accord on laicité with the Minister of the Interior just a week earlier whilst wearing the kippa.
A Communist Party spokesperson said it was not a demonstration on the part of their representative (a teacher) but a "misinterpretation of the law".
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