Letters to the Editor
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veils/berets...
I was in the Brownies twenty years ago, and there were a bunch of different uniform combinations. I think all you HAD to buy was the sash or vest to sew your badges on, but you could also buy the blouse/jumper/socks/garters/beret. I don't think anyone in our troop wore the complete uniform--some had the blouse, some had the jumper, some had the socks with the tasseled garters, some had the berets. What we didn't have in the uniform we wore in street clothes. It wasn't like the military or anything.
I think that Muslim girls don't generally wear the veil till puberty, but in some cultures maybe they do so earlier. (Perhaps some young girls from these cultures WANT to wear the veil earlier than they have to, much the way a little Westernized girl wants to wear pantyhose and heels in order to look grown up.) Heck, the Amish are Christians, and their girls wear religious headgear from infancy on. So I really don't see the problem with Muslim Daisy/ Brownie/ Junior/ Cadette/ Senior Scouts adding a headscarf to their uniforms. It's just a piece of fabric.