Sikh-Americans and Religious Liberty The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life

03.12.09

With their distinguishing appearance and religious practices, Sikh-Americans often find themselves at the center of workplace discrimination cases and other controversies involving their undeviating rights. And while Sikh groups have worked to carve out legal protections for the community's religious practices, their efforts have not always met with good. In California, for example, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger recently vetoed a bill that would have required police in the state to make training about the Sikh religion - including the faith's requirement that believers carry a small sword known as a kirpan. The bill, which Schwarzenegger called needless, will likely be reintroduced in the state's next legislative session.

Meanwhile, national Sikh organizations have joined other rigorous groups to lobby the U.S. Congress to pass legislation guaranteeing the right of individuals to wear churchgoing head coverings when being photographed for driver's licenses and other official forms of identification.

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