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As a parent, how would you handle this?

HowardBThiname said:
Yes, and I know your next question -- no, the school did not stop the harassment. Our daughter was an athlete, as I mentioned, and her teammates insisted that she would go to hell if she did not take part in the "Meet Me at the Flagpole," every morning, which is a Christian prayer time. She played on Varsity both her Freshman and Sophomore years and by the end of the Sophomore year - she really couldn't take it anymore. We're in the absolute buckle of the Bible Belt. We could have made a big stink about it - but our daughter just wanted out of it. She was allowed to play for another nearby school, so she didn't miss anything. It was an education for all of us.
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Well, I guess we tend to live where we fit in, and that's why I never left my large urban megalopolis.

So with all the cosmopolitan urban diversity around here, I find it hard to relate or understand the type of environment you're describing.

Heck, around here we did the opposite and put our kids through private Catholic schools (we're Catholic), even though I'm in and surrounded by some of the top school districts in the nation. (the Catholic Preps here are very good, too)

I give you credit for respecting your daughters wishes, and letting her bow-out unobtrusively. As much as I'd be furious, and having a strong sense of social justice, would've considered going after them, it is all about what's best for the kid, and it sounds like you did the right thing.

I bet the kid now has a lot of respect & understanding for social minorities & minority opinion, and that's not a bad thing! :thumbs:
 
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