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Posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on August 19, 2001 at 01:53:42:

In reply to: Thank You posted by Natalie on August 19, 2001 at 00:10:26:

I do think the approach to take is:
Leave the old regs as they were, and enforce them: pure henna is ok,
(neither approved nor prohibited).
People's rights to their social celebrations of religious holidays
must be protected, therefore, henna must be protected.
Adulterated henna MUST be siezed and comfiscated to protect public
health.

This rant is going to take absolutely ALL the scholarship I have to
press the point.

Anyone who can email me (privately, please) links to Muslim and Hindu
sites that detail celebrational use of henna ....please do so, so I
can make the "religious freedom" and "preservation of cultural
diversity" cases as strong as possible. If I can make the point that
henna is to marriages what Christmas trees are to Christmas ... things
will move right along.

Also, can someone find me statistics on the numbers of Muslim and
Hindu voters across the US?

One of the reasons I'm not in a rush to press the FDA to APPROVE henna
is that that may be damn near impossible, and very expensive. And if
it is approved, the large cosmetic companies will sieze henna art and
exploit it for their own profit! I'd like to see it stay an art for
ethnics, historical enthusiasts and individual artists! That's going
to be my tactic .... keep it simple, keep it in the hands of people
who genuinely love and appreciate it. Neither hand it over to
industry, nor forbid it.

When the rant is done, I'll get it PDF'd, printable, emailable ...
every way possible to make it easy for YOU get it into the hands of
your government representative and all. You DO vote, right?????

Follow Ups

Re: tactics Monica Tittle 03:05:47 8/21/2001 (1)
- Re: tactics Catherine Cartwright Jones 04:01:22 8/21/2001 (0)
Yes I do vote! Darlahood 03:56:04 8/20/2001 (0)

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: I do think the approach to take is: : Leave the old regs as they were, and enforce them: pure henna is ok, : (neither approved nor prohibited). : People's rights to their social celebrations of religious holidays : must be protected, therefore, henna must be protected. : Adulterated henna MUST be siezed and comfiscated to protect public : health. : : This rant is going to take absolutely ALL the scholarship I have to : press the point. : : Anyone who can email me (privately, please) links to Muslim and Hindu : sites that detail celebrational use of henna ....please do so, so I : can make the "religious freedom" and "preservation of cultural : diversity" cases as strong as possible. If I can make the point that : henna is to marriages what Christmas trees are to Christmas ... things : will move right along. : : Also, can someone find me statistics on the numbers of Muslim and : Hindu voters across the US? : : One of the reasons I'm not in a rush to press the FDA to APPROVE henna : is that that may be damn near impossible, and very expensive. And if : it is approved, the large cosmetic companies will sieze henna art and : exploit it for their own profit! I'd like to see it stay an art for : ethnics, historical enthusiasts and individual artists! That's going : to be my tactic .... keep it simple, keep it in the hands of people : who genuinely love and appreciate it. Neither hand it over to : industry, nor forbid it. : : When the rant is done, I'll get it PDF'd, printable, emailable ... : every way possible to make it easy for YOU get it into the hands of : your government representative and all. You DO vote, right????? :
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