My son was forced to pray at a school-sponsored event; sucks to be agnostic in a Christian culture

[bobclark86]

51. A couple town and county boards still pray before meetings where I am.

I don't bring it up half because a) I don't really care (It's my personal quiet reflection time and people leave me alone), but b) I work for a newspaper and I need somebody else to make it an issue before I nail them on it. Unlike the paper in Westchester County, journalists shouldn't be the story. Too bad nobody actually goes to the meeting of the all-Republican boards around here. I do my job too well.

Ask your son how he feels. 11 year olds can and do have opinions on such things. That's about the age I quit Boy Scouts because I figured out I was pragmatic agnostic all on my own. Oh, and the next issue of Rolling Stone spent a lot of time on the uber-gay bashing. That made the decision easy for me.

If he doesn't like it (and not because you don't like it), I'd say find the policy, contact the school board, and if necessary, call the ACLU. A tape recorder or video camera would also help (you're a proud mom/dad combo, you should have your iPhone or camcorder ready anyway ).