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In reply to the discussion: Church denies First Communion to fashion-loving girl because she wanted to wear a suit [View all]Doreen
(11,686 posts)16. In the town I live in there is a Catholic school and
when I was a girl the girls going to that school had to were skirts. They were allowed to wear pants under their skirts on their way to school and back if it was cold. If they went outside during school they could not put the pants on under. The parents had to fight for the girls to show up or leave with pants on under their skirt. Basically what happened in school in the winter was that the boys went out to play and the girls stayed in to sit and behave. There was very little give back then particularly for the girls. That was back in the early to mid 80's so I hope it has changed but I do not know.
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Church denies First Communion to fashion-loving girl because she wanted to wear a suit [View all]
Eugene
Oct 2017
OP
If thnking that a fine young girl should be allowed to wear a nice white pants suit
Angry Dragon
Oct 2017
#33
Many can see why you are attempting to remove religion from the conversation
Lordquinton
Oct 2017
#67
I would think that if a boy wanted to wear a kilt ........... it would also break the rules
Angry Dragon
Oct 2017
#9
Some seem intolerant of the fact that institutions have the right to enforce certain rules.
guillaumeb
Oct 2017
#31
It seems to me that some here cannot admit that institutions can make rules.
guillaumeb
Oct 2017
#84
The OP was about a church denying a young girl her wish of wearing a nice pants suit
Angry Dragon
Oct 2017
#95
It was funny, and the poor kid (now a freshman at Vanderbilt) has to hear about it a lot.
LisaM
Oct 2017
#56
K&R!!! She's learning at an early age what religion is all about. Hope she walks and
RKP5637
Oct 2017
#76
This is news why? It's the Catholic "Fetuses' Lives before Women's Lives" Church.
50 Shades Of Blue
Oct 2017
#77
An understandable sentiment, but blaming the victim isn't a productive use of our time.
Act_of_Reparation
Oct 2017
#82
There is no victim here - only delusional parents who seemed to think the Catholic Church
50 Shades Of Blue
Oct 2017
#83