{"id":211,"date":"2014-05-01T13:11:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-01T18:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2014\/05\/sikh-barred-from-jury-duty-because-of-dagger.html"},"modified":"2014-08-22T21:28:18","modified_gmt":"2014-08-23T02:28:18","slug":"sikh-barred-from-jury-duty-because-of-dagger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2014\/05\/sikh-barred-from-jury-duty-because-of-dagger.html","title":{"rendered":"Sikh Barred from Jury Duty because of Dagger"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/CBSSAC.images.worldnow.com\/interface\/js\/WNVideo.js?rnd=849977;hostDomain=video.sacramento.cbslocal.com;playerWidth=570;playerHeight=321;isShowIcon=true;clipId=10106383;flvUri=;partnerclipid=;adTag=News;advertisingZone=CBS.SAC%252Fworldnowplayer;enableAds=true;landingPage=;islandingPageoverride=false;playerType=STANDARD_EMBEDDEDscript_EMBEDDEDscript;controlsType=overlay\"><\/script><br>\nShould a Sikh be barred from jury duty because he carries a religious dagger?<\/p>\n<p>A Superior Courthouse in Yuba City, California ruled that the Sikh could not serve because state law prohibits all weapons in a courthouse.<\/p>\n<p>The California Coalition of Sikhs, according to<a style=\"text-align: left;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/05\/01\/gursant-singh-jury-duty-dagger-kirpan_n_5246955.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\"> this story in the Huffington Post,<\/a><span style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0is protesting the ruling. They say \u201cother agencies and courts have made accommodations for Sikh articles of faith before, and expect the same from Sutter County.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>And the Sikh who was barred from serving told the Post,\u201deither I violate my code of conduct with my religion, or I break the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This might be an interesting debate for a religions class.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Should a Sikh be barred from jury duty because he carries a religious dagger? A Superior Courthouse in Yuba City, California ruled that the Sikh could not serve because state law prohibits all weapons in a courthouse. The California Coalition of Sikhs, according to this story in the Huffington Post,\u00a0is protesting the ruling. 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