Oh, please. US chides France for the ban on the conspicuous religious manifestations in state buildings and institutions. I do not like how US and Islamic press refer to the French report as "ban of the veil." It is a ban on veils, skull caps, and big crosses. It is consisent. But the US lecturing to France on religious freedoms is akin to Israel giving lectures about self-determination for peoples. And this right-wing US senator also blasts France over the issue of secularism. Vive la tomate.