Already, Denmark has been shaken by a row about whether shop owners should be allowed to forbid their female employees from wearing the Muslim headscarf.

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In response, Apple changed its developer agreement to forbid developers who want to be published in the Apple App Store from using the feature.

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In some instances it would be impossible, and probably undesirable, to forbid employee access to certain social networking sites.

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Of course, we can all imagine how quickly these people would change their tune if, God forbid, the victim should turn out to be their own child.

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"It is unthinkable to me that there would be a child, God forbid, that would experience a life-threatening illness and not have health insurance, " he said.

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Because it may be too much trouble to actually take out your smart phone, or heaven forbid open it up and activate the required app, by wearing your wallet on your sleeve, so to speak, you are wrist ready at all times.

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Heaven forbid that a man would ever actually marry a woman who's fun to be around.

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On the other hand you have to accept that if you do (heaven forbid), you will still be walking and talking the next day.

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