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Originally Posted by StanT
If a private Islamic school insisted that students wear turbans or burkas and face Mecca to pray 5 times a day, I'd accept it. There isn't a chance in hell that I would send my kids to the school, but I'd support their right to their beliefs. This is no different. While I find their beliefs offensive, they are entitled to hold them. I have a hard time understanding why these women would chose to send their child to this school.
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Agreed. I think the school and the people associated with such rules are, indeed, small minded little bigots, however - that is their right. I too am mystified why, as a lesbian parent, you'd want to put your kid through something like that knowing the problems that might come up.