In a move designed to further protect its cultural superiority, France's upper parliament voted today to extend the ban on religious symbols in state schools to include Islamic headscarves.

Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin said that the law's goal was not to discriminate against religion but to "send a powerful and quick signal...that we will not tolerate those that are different from us using public buildings."

"We do not feel or claim to believe

An example of acceptable headscarf use under new France law. Notice the white skin, blonde hair and movie star good looks. If you do not meet these stringent requirements do not risk putting cloth on or near your head.

that all's been settled with this bill," continued the idiot about the law, which also bans Jewish yarmulkes and "large" Christian crosses, "But at least the Muslims and Jews now understand that we are not happy about their existence in our country. That is a good start."

School administrators say they are very thankful for the new laws. "While the laws may not stop violence against students for their religious beliefs," said one administrator, "It should help our hate crime statistics drop significantly." The theory being that if the attacker doesn't know for sure the religion of the victim it can't be classified as a hate crime.

"Now, when a student attacks a Jew, we will know it is not because of his heritage but because the victim was probably being an asshole," explains another school administrator, "We will know this because he will no longer be wearing a yarmulke and also because it is well known that all Jews are assholes. So, you can see how this law will help our society."

Cultural analysts agree that with the passage of this extension France can continue unabated toward their goal of creating a homogenous society full of people who all uniformly despise mass-produced products for their lack of culture.