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Teen’s suit says coaches made him eat pizza despite religion
NBC News ^ | Jan. 1, 2022

Posted on 01/02/2022 1:12:46 PM PST by nickcarraway

An Ohio high school football player who says coaches forced him to eat a pizza covered with pepperoni grease in violation of his religious beliefs is suing his former district and the ousted coaches.

The former Canton McKinley High School athlete and his parents filed a federal civil rights suit this week seeking millions of dollars in damages and alleging violations of his religious freedom and constitutional rights.

The athlete says in the lawsuit that coaches were notified he doesn’t eat pork or pork residue as a member of the Hebrew Israelite religious faith, but that they ordered him to eat the pizza as punishment for missing an offseason workout — and indicated his spot on the team was at risk if he didn’t.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: blacksupremacy; chat; education; food; hegonnabefine; oizza; pepperoni; pizza; religion
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1 posted on 01/02/2022 1:12:46 PM PST by nickcarraway
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“Hebrew Israelite religious faith” -— I believe that is a wacky, hateful black cult.


2 posted on 01/02/2022 1:14:23 PM PST by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team sco uts photo-op locations.)
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To: nickcarraway

This Coach would try and force Jesus Christ to eat non kosher food.
What an asswhole


3 posted on 01/02/2022 1:15:39 PM PST by Rocko Jack
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To: PghBaldy

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/12/12/jersey-city-shooting-who-black-hebrew-israelites/4408073002/


4 posted on 01/02/2022 1:16:21 PM PST by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team sco uts photo-op locations.)
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To: nickcarraway

Sounds like another “Clock Boy” hoping for a big payday.


5 posted on 01/02/2022 1:16:36 PM PST by Autonomous User (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: nickcarraway

“…millions of dollars in damages…”? I think not.
A heartfelt apology, maybe.


6 posted on 01/02/2022 1:18:17 PM PST by Walrus (I do not consent)
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To: nickcarraway

Amazing what passes for national news these days.


7 posted on 01/02/2022 1:18:17 PM PST by JennysCool ("It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled." - Mark Twain)
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To: nickcarraway

How exactly does a coach ‘force’ someone to eat? Gunpoint? Open their piehole and shove it in?


8 posted on 01/02/2022 1:18:30 PM PST by Houserino
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To: nickcarraway

So, I’m not saying this didn’t happen.
And I’m not saying that the world has no idiots dumb enough to actually create this situation.

But, it’s 2022. We’re in the midst of a Woke epidemic.
If some idiot says, “Hey, kid! Eat this pepperoni pizza or else!! You want to be on the team, don’t you??” then how much genuine pressure does that put on someone?

Basic response: “I’m Jewish. Pepperoni is a forbidden food. If you try to make me do that, I will sue the ever-living crap out of you and out of this school. So knock it off.”

Why couldn’t the kid “diffuse” the situation that way?

But again: If the kid tried to make it clear, and some idiot insisted on being an idiot, then I guess the kid is going to be very rich.

But I don’t know why that stuff happens in 2022.


9 posted on 01/02/2022 1:19:36 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (Mass hypnosis of society. So many people are blind to the Truth which is in front of them.)
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I posted in another thread today that my mother used to make me pizza with English muffins, Hunts tomato sauce and Kraft shredded cheese.

This was back in the 1970s.

I have since recovered.

10 posted on 01/02/2022 1:19:48 PM PST by SamAdams76 (I am 52 days away from outliving John Hughes)
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To: PghBaldy

“𝘏𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘐𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩” -— 𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘺, 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵.

In the past I had heard that there was a Black Hebrew Israelites, and was hoping that the Hebrew Israelites were a different group. Sadly, I currently stand with hope in one hand, and something steamy, nutty, and rather stinky in the other. *Sigh*


11 posted on 01/02/2022 1:22:47 PM PST by Antihero101607
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No-one has the right to make any-one eat any-thing for any-reason ... period!

Same for anything else that goes in your body ... like the jab!


12 posted on 01/02/2022 1:22:47 PM PST by ManardG
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To: nickcarraway

but that they ordered him to eat the pizza as punishment for missing an offseason workout...

This doesn’t pass the sniff test. Since when would eating pizza be considered a punishment?


13 posted on 01/02/2022 1:22:55 PM PST by Flick Lives
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To: Larry Lucido; Gamecock; SaveFerris; mylife; PROCON
Shades of a lobster omelet.


14 posted on 01/02/2022 1:22:59 PM PST by Rebelbase
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To: SamAdams76

“English muffins, Hunts tomato sauce and Kraft shredded cheese.”

My sister (the other mom), would watch us periodically.

White bread, ketchup, American cheese slice. She called it “ghetto pizza” it wasn’t too bad. Weĺl, okay... but we was starvin’


15 posted on 01/02/2022 1:28:19 PM PST by Clutch Martin (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
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To: Rebelbase

could have been that turkey pepperoni?
or that vegan plant based crap.... just saying


16 posted on 01/02/2022 1:29:09 PM PST by redshawk ( I want my red balloon. ( https://youtu.be/zNLpfEDliV0)
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To: nickcarraway

His position on the team was more important than his religion.


17 posted on 01/02/2022 1:30:10 PM PST by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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To: Rebelbase

George was in the pool....


18 posted on 01/02/2022 1:30:26 PM PST by redshawk ( I want my red balloon. ( https://youtu.be/zNLpfEDliV0)
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To: nickcarraway

I bet that coach can’t have a Bible on his desk nor can the team say a prayer on the field before a game or practice but this kid wants million$ for pepperoni grease.


19 posted on 01/02/2022 1:30:44 PM PST by Cowgirl of Justice
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He will get nothing. Nobody has any fear that he or anybody acting on his behalf will blow up anything


20 posted on 01/02/2022 1:30:59 PM PST by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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