[TakeTheLeap]

I wouldn't say religion never really posed any kind of a problem back in high school. I live in a predominantly Christian area, most of which are Protestants (Usually Baptists of some sort, from my observations at least). I've never been bullied about what I believe, nor would I ever bully anyone for their beliefs. There was a small group of us, Protestants and Catholics, that would get together and debate about doctrine, theology, Biblical references (they'd say a quote, I would generally finish it and disprove a point they'd make), etc. It wasn't bullying, it wasn't trying to push beliefs on to anyone. We were just talking about validity for each.

Now, I did have one story where some second graders that went to the local Catholic private school that I taught religious education to on a weekly basis, that told me that... because I didn't go to this Catholic school (I did for 2 years but went back to public school after being bullied by the kids in my class), I wasn't a good Catholic. Upon a bit further investigation, I discovered that these ideas actually came from their parents. But this was taken care of quickly and quite effectively as far as what I've seen.