Original sentence: As parlamentarian and interior minister, he took strong stances on secularism, supported crackdowns on the wearing of niqābs in public and defended a nursery which sacked an employee for demanding to wear one at work.He has also had harsh words for anti-gay marriage protesters.When Catholics protested against "Golgota Picnic", Valls supported the theatre director in the name of freedom of speech
Edited sentence: His relations with the Catholic community are stretched, especially with the Catholic right.His relations with the Muslim community are also bad despite acknowledging various anti-Muslim acts.There are many reasons for this: his unconditional support for the director of the 'Babyloup' creche in her dispute with a veiled employee; his support for the law banning the veil in public spaces; his opposition to allowing mothers in veils to accompany school groups during excursions; his general opinion of the Islamic veil "The veil, that prevents women from being who they are, must remain an essential fight for the Republic"; his favourable judgement with regard to the propositions of the 'high counsel for integration' among them the banning of the Islamic veil at universities; and his disinterest in the official representative institutions of Islam.This is because of his opinion of the protests against marriage equality, and of disagreements over the numbers of protesters.Valls favours banning Muslim veils from universities.When Catholics protested against "Golgota Picnic", Valls supported the theater director in the name of freedom of speech