But Carol and Volgadon - what about the law of the land matching the culture. Examples such as the following sometimes make the news here - a school with a strict no-jewellery policy (similar to all French schools now having a no-veil policy, I think) ends up in court because a student insists that a bracelet is very important to her culture and religion...and cases can, of course, get a lot more serious than this. Why doesn't everyone agree that, given all the economic immigration that has occurred around the world, it's definitely better overall if it is, from now on, slowed right down, via UN regulations.