Perhaps I should have been more specific. Oh wait, I was. I said "her body." The passage does not specify that the covering is for her body. In fact, the verse says that it is a covering
for her head!
But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for that is one and the same as if her head were shaved.For if a woman is not covered, let her also be shorn. But if it is shameful for a woman to be shorn or shaved, let her be covered. - 1 Corinthians 11:5-6
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1Corinthians11:5-6&version=NKJV
I never said it wasn't a covering at all, I only said that it wasn't a covering
for her body.
GT, what does "their father's nakedness" mean from this passage?:
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.But Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders, and went backward and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father’s nakedness. - Genesis 9:22-23
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis9:22-23&version=NKJV