The top European Union court ruled on Tuesday that public authorities in member states can prohibit employees from wearing signs of religious belief, such as an Islamic head scarf, in the latest decision on an issue that has divided Europe for years.

The case came to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) after an employee of the eastern Belgian municipality of Ans was told she could not wear an Islamic head scarf at work.

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      Some of them. The Puritans of Massachusetts wanted to establish a theocracy and persecute one another. The Quakers of Pennsylvania actually did want to escape religious persecution, though.

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          Well no, not many. A few. Economic opportunity was a pretty big motivator too.

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              I’m confused. Maryland and Pennsylvania are not in New England.

              Parts of New England were settled by people escaping Puritan persecution in Massachusetts; notably Rhode Island.

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      Except the ones who were starting tobacco plantations. And the ones who burned women for witchcraft. And the ones looking for El Dorado.

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          I didn’t mean to call you out. I was just joking around. I’ve always thought it was funny that we highlight the people seeking religious freedom and just slip under the rug that we were also founded by corporations forcing slaves to make cigarettes.