Saudi Arabia takes a step toward progress

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Saudi Arabia announced Tuesday that women will have the right to drive for the first time in the kingdom.

Great! Drive safely. At the moment, the law allows head coverings, such as headscarves, to be worn by Muslim women when driving. That practice could obstruct women’s vision while driving and seems very unsafe. Jeannie Presler

This is a small step in the right direction. Next up, they should reconsider women having to always be covered up. It shouldn’t be tradition or culture. I believe it’s a form of human imprisonment. It’s inhumane and should be a crime against humanity. Troy Babineau

Saudi Arabia is a terrible country with terrible values. It’s a modern Nazi Germany and the royal family is no better than a dictator. Anyone who works with these disgusting people should be jailed. Christopher Gerhard

Overall, we know that women’s rights as we know them now were not available in the U.S. just 40 years ago. Saudi Arabia is making a good progress toward rights for women. Abdullah M. Taha

One of the shortest books ever written is “Women’s Rights in Saudi Arabia.” Christopher Dunn

Can we take 24 hours to celebrate this win before bashing them for what women in Saudi Arabia still can’t do? Sherris Johnson

Congratulations, and welcome to the 21st century, Saudi ladies! Mike Hurley

Funny enough, as Saudi Arabia slowly creeps forward into the 21st century, there are those in the U.S. who are doing their best to drag our country backwards a century or two. Tracy Nickerson