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Wednesday, June 18, 2008 12:00 AM

Volunteers blocked Muslims from being seen with Obama

Two Muslim women were told they could not sit behind the candidate at a recent appearance unless they removed their head scarves.

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  • Wednesday, June 18, 2008 10:41 AM

    25 year old lawyer,hmmmm.....

    ...think she'll wear the head scarf in court? Think the jury would notice? Think she'd win her case? hmmmmmmm

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