A Christian school in Santa Maria has now forfeited a game in four consecutive seasons because its scheduled opponent had a girl on the roster.
A private Christian high school in Santa Maria, California, gave up its shot at an undefeated season and forfeited a football game for the fourth season in a row because its opponent has a teenage girl on the team. According to the San Luis Obispo Tribune, Valley Christian Academy refused to play its eight-man football game on Saturday, Sept. 30, against Coast Union High School of Cambria, California, on religious grounds.
According to the Santa Maria Times, the parent of that girl sued VCA, alleging the school was discriminating on the basis of gender, after VCA superintendent and lead pastor Joel Mikkelson sent a letter to Cuyama Valley saying they would not play the game because VCA’s student handbook states “there is to be no physical contact between boys and girls at Valley Christian Academy.
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