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Why do Christians wear kippahs for certain events?

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I don't understand Christians (or any other non-Jewish person) wearing kippahs when attending certain events. Do Jewish people wear cross necklaces when at a Christian event? Do Muslims?

It's weird how Christianity basically says all other religions, including Judaism, are wrong yet some Christians show a certain level of respect to Judaism and/or Israel simply because of the holy symbolism.

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It’s all political. That is why I hate religion
 
I went to an Indian wedding once and wore traditional Indian dress, borrowed to me by a friend. It’s just expressing a sense of solidarity.
 
It's custom. I'm sure if you, as a non Catholic, attend a Catholic service on Ash Wednesday, you'd wear the ash across your forehead.
 
Maccabee said:
It's custom. I'm sure if you, as a non Catholic, attend a Catholic service on Ash Wednesday, you'd wear the ash across your forehead.
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But I'd not attend...
 
When I was young, most of my friends were Roman Catholic and females their covered their heads in church. I always did that when I visited a Roman Catholic church with a friend. It was easy to carry a lace mantilla, even as a teenager.
 
BTW,-I wouldn't wear my shoes into a mosque.
 
No one in a Catholic church forces a guest to participate in the rites: to genuflect; to cross himself; to kneel when others do; and so forth. It is ludicrous to think a guest would be asked (or even invited) to partake of a ritual on Ash Wednesday. No one ever forced me to cover my head in a Catholic church and I have never seen a non-Jewish man forced to wear a yarmulke in a synagogue.

The nice thing about the United States, though, is that one need not have a religion. One is not forced to practice any rituals at all. It is all choice. Thank the Founding Fathers, who fled persecution in their search to practice their religions freely.
 
I am a Christian with many Jewish friends and out of respect I wear a kippah/yamaka when attending Synagogue as an invited guest.
 
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