Atheists reported their children being denied food at a daycare after refusing to pray before a meal and forced exclusion from preschool activities. Parents of preschool-aged children reported extreme difficulty finding nonreligious preschools and, even when they thought they had enrolled their children in seemingly secular programs, discovered that their children were still being forced to engage in religious activities. Grade-school aged children attending religious private schools were denied academic recognition or were even threatened with being held back a grade unless they accepted communion.
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