Hi David,

--- "David E. Haberstich" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Well, you can interpret women's head coverings as a sign of "submission to
> men" if you wish, but generally speaking, I think modesty, religious
> injunction, desire for warmth, and fashion opportunity "cover" just about
everything.

Even though I don't agree with the submission to men thing, you can do a google
search on "Christian women's head coverings" and come up with dozens of sites
from different sects that say the same thing.

Mennonites from the Mennonite Historical Society of Canada:

http://www.mhsc.ca/index.asp?content=http://www.mhsc.ca/encyclopedia/contents/P739ME.html

The Anabaptists:

http://www.anabaptists.org/tracts/covertrc.html

Generic Conservative Christianity:

http://www.prophezine.com/search/database/issue37/is37.7.asp

Catholic (pertains mainly to during Mass but has links to women who wear it all
the time)

http://www.catholicplanet.com/veil/index.htm

And where you can buy all sorts of headcoverings:

http://www.headcoverings.com/

Etc. etc.

I agree with you that the practice probably started out for practical reasons.
For Christian women who practice it today, it is purely relgious and they all
use the same justification for it - submission to men.

Deb




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