High school athlete disqualified at cross-country meet for wearing hijab

"All they had to do was submit the request and show an official before the meet in question. Smaller meet hosts don't generally give a crap, but once you enter the state series, all bets are off. The coach, school's AD, and the athlete all dropped the ball on this one.

On the other hand, Ohio should update its rules to make religious restrictions unnecessary to submit a formal request, as more and more diversity amongst athletes is inevitable (and a good thing). Until then, read the manual, follow the rules, and she can compete."

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This is just the kind of attitude I'd expect from a "Republican Gatekeeper A-Hole". Mr. Moderate..... blah di blah blah blah......

The rule is wrong and was formulated most likely during an all-white Evangelical & Protestant/Catholic mind set. Please take away Dave Wottle 1972 and Cathy Freeman's 2000 Golds right NOW PLEASE - They don't deserve them!!!...... Cus they wore stuff!!!! This is complete utter BS and totally stupid. It poses no threat or distraction or hinderance to anyone or anything; complete annal retentive gate keeping BS!!! Leave the young Girl alone and let her run! The sign at the Lunch Counter said - "No Blacks allowed" So.....we gotta follow rules, cus 'Rules is Rules' after all!!!!! F'ing F - Turd Islamaphob!!!!!

Who give's a a god damn honestly.....what time did she run, what place did she get, did she PR....etc.... these are the questions we should be asking???? IF it doesn't mess with another runners progress, then there's not an issue ... its not like they didn't know which team she ran for.

I went back to Ohio

But my pretty countryside

Had been paved down the middle

By a government that had no pride

The farms of Ohio

Had been replaced by shopping malls

And Muzak filled the air

From Seneca to Cuyahoga falls

Said, a, o, oh way to go Ohio

intenserunner wrote:

From the girl:

I feel like my rights as an athlete were violated this weekend because this rule does NOT exist in writing.

She's a liar, or she's ignorant of the official OHSAA manual for 2019.

"A competitor who requires an exception to the uniform rules because of religious restrictions or

otherwise, must submit a request for a variance from the OHSAA via e-mail".

It says clearly that she needs it in writing.

Dogdodorules! wrote:

It poses no threat or distraction or hinderance to anyone or anything

You leftists use foul language because you are trying to argue with emotion instead of reasoning.

You leftists also want men to compete as transgenders to break women's records. You want a symbol of oppression to continue on without getting challenged. You call yourself a feminist because you want to look like a champion for women's rights, but you are a complete hypocrite.

These women are the real heroes of feminism. You leftists are emotional hypocrites and a disgrace.

Chrissy wrote:

I went back to Ohio

But my pretty countryside

Had been paved down the middle

By a government that had no pride

The farms of Ohio

Had been replaced by shopping malls

And Muzak filled the air

From Seneca to Cuyahoga falls

Said, a, o, oh way to go Ohio

I was surprised, recently, by Chrissie's big nose.

And isn't she too old to have bangs covering her forehead, unless shes got a big booger there like that Fleabag chick, Phoebe Walker-something or other.

I seen hijabs and this ain't no hijab.

Rather, it looks like a Nike hoodie zippered off one of their running jackets.

It is a head covering but, ----- a head covering one might use for cold weather.

For God's sake, look closer, the item in question has the Nike swoosh symbol on it!

facts and reason you fu(king retard.

The civil war won't happen because of the Muslims. You retards will self destruct with your "in high fructose we trust" logic. Idiot drivers and idiot eating habits, and idiot exercise habits are among the biggest threat to society. And you just keep trying to find someone else to blame . The only place "the Left" is in agreement to the degree you blab is in the propaganda of the right.

If women want to run shirtless and men want to run in skirts do you allow them to? If not then you are being oppressive.

1 Timothy 2:12 King James Version (KJV)

12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

Many words I think with may be foul to you. but they are not as foul as the stupidity i hear from you.

I don't care what uniform you show up in. I know I can kick your ass at something and that gives me great joy.

Amen

Mr Jones III wrote:

Idiot drivers and idiot eating habits, and idiot exercise habits are among the biggest threat to society.

You just want to divert attention away to "diet and exercise".

You have no argument. That's why you resort to expletives to express your emotion.

"...people with no religion will make up about 13% of the world’s population in 2060, down from roughly 16% as of 2015."

The percentage of people of your kind will decrease in the future.

Turkey's president said, "[Make not three, but five children](). Because you are the future of Europe."

"We need not do anything except exercise our Weapons of Mass Reproduction."

The number of Muslims increased by 77% over 10 years in Australia.

The former president of Iran said Islam will "conquer the mountaintops of the world".

You are a leftist who will submit to the numerical change in society.

This society has been fundamentally broken from it's start. Much of some arguments are already clear by the time of the Whiskey Rebellion. Or the Alien Sedition act.

It could be argued that the most basic reason we have christianity is because Edict of Thessalonica has not yet been entirely abandoned. And yet we again have the Christmas tree. Is that due to attis, adonis, or coca cola. I can't remember. Though Christmas was certainly a debatable topic before the American revolution and for many years before coke brought us Santa.

When the statue of liberty was unveiled the only women present for the ceremony were a group on a sail boat protesting sailing around. Neither USA nor Christianity has a long history of championing womens rights.

The runners hijab is pretty similar but a bit less scary than a number a balaclava that can be bought at big 5.

But the only legal cold weather hat i see in the rules is a blue watch cap.

She could similarly be disqualified for wearing a painters hat with a bill. Or a red watch cap. Though I'm not sure what head gear the members of the Discordians might petition to wear .

The price of real estate and education is a much bigger current threat to the USA than Islam.

Who are you to tell me I can't say Bullsh!t if I feel the word fits. and then you have the audacity to tell my why I use the words I use, as if your interpretation of my motives is more informed than my own understanding.

The Pilgrims, or Separatists who established Plymouth Colony, did not celebrate Christmas because they could not find any literal references in the Bible that Jesus was born on December 25th (or any other specific date, for that matter). The Pilgrims actually felt that Christmas had become a pagan holiday, as it commonly entailed feasting and drinking to excess.

In fact, Christmas was banned in Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1659, and anyone caught celebrating the holiday would be subject to a 5-shilling fine. It wasn’t until 1856 that Christmas was legalized in Massachusetts Bay Colony.

https://www.plymouth400inc.org/did-the-pilgrims-celebrate-christmas/

going to have to thank some disgusting immigrants for Christmas. It was not with the first English settlers

Update:

The girl got to run with her team this week. They placed 5th in the regional with the top 2 going to the state meet. She was the #6 runner for her team.

She faired far better than the girls from Centerville who didn't even have a chance to compete. A couple of those girls would have been near the front at the state meet.

Pierre Delecto wrote:

Gosh.

It’s no wonder Trump won Ohio.

The place must be full of racist, sexist, misogynist, xenophobic bigots.

Wait.

She could have raced in her hijab had her coach known the rules and followed them.

Oh.

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well flagpole lives there and he loves to call people racists, so there's that..you can do the math on who the real racist is.

You shouldn't need an exemption for religious headgear. It's a stupid rule that should not exist. Do they enforce it across the board? Do they enforce it for hats when it's cold? It's a rule meant to exclude a certain group of people and should not exist.

Chrissy wrote:

I went back to Ohio

But my pretty countryside

Had been paved down the middle

By a government that had no pride

The farms of Ohio

Had been replaced by shopping malls

And Muzak filled the air

From Seneca to Cuyahoga falls

Said, a, o, oh way to go Ohio

Here's one of those malls

3434 wrote:

I seen hijabs and this ain't no hijab.

Rather, it looks like a Nike hoodie zippered off one of their running jackets.

It is a head covering but, ----- a head covering one might use for cold weather.

For God's sake, look closer, the item in question has the Nike swoosh symbol on it!

What 3434 said.

But what if the Nike swoosh symbol is a symbol of oppression?

SSS wrote:

You shouldn't need an exemption for religious headgear. It's a stupid rule that should not exist. Do they enforce it across the board? Do they enforce it for hats when it's cold? It's a rule meant to exclude a certain group of people and should not exist.

there is a specific notation that plain winter hats may be warn in bad weather. you are terribly ignorant or a troll if you think that this is some sort of new rule meant exclude a certain group of people.

ask more questions. make less statements.

Sounds like a lot of folks here are defending honor killings and murdering folks who are gay.

Pretty harsh wrote:

Sounds like a lot of folks here are defending honor killings and murdering folks who are gay.

No one here is defending honor killings.

the Nike swoosh is obviously a symbol of oppression. But we don't really care. Until it's our friends in the factories.

Probably also owes a debt to the cult of Hermes Trismegistus. When placed on shoes.