From the New York Daily News: A New Mexico woman is claiming Planet Fitness isn’t always ‘judgment free.’
The national budget-friendly gym chain promises members an atmosphere free of “gymtimidation.” But Tarainia McDaniel, a Muslim woman, says a gym in Albuquerque booted her out because she was wearing a head scarf.
The woman reportedly told staff at the gym that the head scarf was an essential part of her Muslim faith. In return, she was told to go find a baseball cap.
McDaniel is actually a Muslim convert. Growing up, her parents were Roman Catholic and Jehovah’s Witness, the ABQ Journal reports. The woman began practicing Islam when she was a 16-year-old student at Sidwell Friends School in the Washington, D.C. area.
Islam is now a big part of her identity. In fact, she’s raising her two kids as Muslims.
The 37-year-old woman didn’t expect any problems when she joined the gym on a two-year contract. McDaniel says she’s gone to another Planet Fitness in her area a number of times with her colorful head scarf on and never had a problem. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/planet-fitness-kicked-muslim-woman-wearing-headscarf-lawsuit-article-1.1730411
A head scarf can be dangerous as it can be caught in the different work out machines, so I don't blame Planet Fitness for demanding her to wear a baseball cap, if she wants her head covered.
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