I totally agree. Our brains are hard-wired to recognize human faces, so much so that we find them even in inanimate objects (I'm thinking of the image of Jesus' face burnt onto a piece of toast). To force someone to cover her face is to deny her humanity. Furthermore, the countries in which face covering is more common are not known as beacons of equal rights, so how "free" a decision is it when a woman "chooses" to hide her face?