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Apparently President Obama was approached in India and the President was asked to intercede with our Transportation Safety Administration to stop the practice of frisking the turban worn by Sikhs as they fly on US airplanes.  The president indicated he would take a close look at the problem.  What does this mean?  My fear is that it means that he may honor their request.  

Should this come to be my recommendation would be for everyone to immediately begin to wear turbans when going through airport security.  

The freedoms and the respect we provide persons of differing religious faiths in this country have always been tempered by the practicalities of our laws.  Mormons modified their faith to eliminate the practice of a man having more than one wife.  Muslim women must remove the cover from their face when applying for a drivers license and having their pictures taken.  When religion comes in conflict with law the conflict must be  resolved in a manner that provides the greatest good or the least risk to the society as a whole.  

It may be an imposition but I see no reason to regard it as any greater imposition than my having to take off my shoes, empty my pockets, take my laptop from my briefcase or segregate my toothpaste and aftershave in a separate clear plastic pouch.  These are all impositions and all are prices that we pay for the privilege of flying today.  Am I happy with these measures?  Of course not.  I find some to be a tremendous imposition and the separate scan when boarding an airplane infuriates me.  Still, I have no more right to get on that airplane without the person in the seat next to me knowing that I have been checked than the next person.  I endure the practice in the hope that someday the madness will end.