{"id":3323,"date":"2019-07-10T21:59:20","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T21:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackbikeweek.us\/blog\/?p=3323"},"modified":"2019-07-10T22:00:52","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T22:00:52","slug":"government-to-exempt-sikhs-from-having-to-wear-helmet-while-riding-motorcycles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackbikeweek.us\/blog\/2019\/government-to-exempt-sikhs-from-having-to-wear-helmet-while-riding-motorcycles","title":{"rendered":"Government to Exempt Sikhs from having to wear helmet while riding Motorcycles."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Canadian government said that the exemption\u00a0 will recognize Sikh motorcycle riders\u2019 civil rights and religious expression.<\/p>\n<p>The safety of our roads will always remain a priority, But our government also believes that individuals have personal accountability and responsibility with respect to their own well-being.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<center>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- BBW Mobile Ad -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0342512704094139\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"8577503117\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<\/center>\n\n\n\n<p>The wearing of the turban is an essential part of the Sikh faith and identity, and exemptions for Sikhs have been successfully implemented in other provinces in Canada and across the world<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Administrator said the move to allows the helmet exemption came after listening to the Sikh community. He also said it fulfilled a promise made during the spring election campaign<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Canadian government said that the exemption\u00a0 will recognize Sikh motorcycle riders\u2019 civil rights and religious expression. The safety of our roads will always remain a priority, But our government also believes that individuals have personal accountability and responsibility with respect to their own well-being. The wearing of the turban is an essential part of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3326,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackbikeweek.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackbikeweek.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackbikeweek.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackbikeweek.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackbikeweek.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackbikeweek.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackbikeweek.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackbikeweek.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackbikeweek.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackbikeweek.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}