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In reply to the discussion: Mississippi school forces students to listen to christian lecture while teachers block exits [View all]jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Which is not always true, and unlikely in the context where the parent is clearly following their own agenda regardless of what the kid may want.
It is by no means automatic.
What we have in the thread are people who don't have them saying "if it was my kid I'd sue". No - only after a determination the kid was on board. It's not the parents' suit.
Read the story again, and notice who is acting on behalf of the kids participating in the suit.
Also, flip it around. Is it your position that if one of the kids wanted to sue, that it would be up to the parents to disallow it? That's simply saying "don't tell my kids what to believe, I'll tell you what they should believe."
(e.g.
http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F3/333/417/603160/
333 F.3d 417: S.g., As Guardian Ad Litem of A.g. a Minor and Individually, Appellant v. Sayreville Board of Education; Georgia B. Baumann; William L. Bauer)