I think it is interesting that beards can be apart of a religion. What do you think about them?>
I think beards are very cool, I'm apprehensive of anything being tied to religious belief though. 
I get that. Some people feel really strongly about beards, like the Beard Liberation Front that campaigns to support beards. 
Wait, there is a beard liberation front? What do they do?
Yes, I was surprised too. It is a British group founded in 1995 that campaigns to oppose discrimination against people who wear beards.
That is strange, I wasn;t aware that people had been being discriminated against due to them having beards.
Beard Liberation Front
The Beard Liberation Front (BLF) is a British interest group which campaigns in support of beards and opposes pogonophobic discrimination against those who wear them. It was founded in 1995 by socialist historian Keith Flett who continues to organise and represent the organisation. Apart from its numerous campaigns in support of beards and against pogonophobia in the workplace and discrimination against those who wear beards as part of their religion, it currently hosts the annual Beard of the Year award.
On the face of it, the campaign is
n’t normally like beards," and noting how he'd become a "poster-boy" for the Beard Liberation Front, Paxman lamented that he was "finding it quite a heavy burden".
Former BBC Radio 4 and World Service broadcaster Robin Lustig, previously winner of 'beard of the year', also described the BBC as pogonophobic. Danny Baker of BBC Radio 5 Live disagreed and stated that: "I really do not think Jeremy Paxman should be granted a beard. It's corrupt. Disney had it