Montgomery, Ala., Aug 31, 2016 / 23:29 pm
A devout Christian woman has said Alabama county officials violated her rights by forcing her to remove her headscarf for her driver's license photo when she considers it part of her religious practice to cover her hair.
Yvonne Allen of Tuskegee, Ala. said the Lee County clerk told her only Muslim women are allowed to cover their hair.
"I was devastated when they forced me to remove my headscarf to take my driver license photo," Allen said in a statement. "Revealing my hair to others is disobedient to God. I should have the same right as people of other faiths to be accommodated for my religious beliefs."
The lawsuit, filed by the American Civil Liberties Union in Montgomery federal court, names as plaintiffs Becky Frayer, the chief clerk of the Lee County Probate Judge's office, and Probate Judge Bill English, her supervisor.