Can a kid be forced to practice a religion under their parents?
I’m being forced to attend yom kippur services and I’m an atheist and I don’t think that this is right. Please tell me if this is allowed to happen and how I can stop it.
As a minor, you have very few rights at all (the right to a basic education, medical care, basic clothing, simple shelter, and basic food and that’s that!). You have no privacy rights, no property rights, no right of self-determination, and no right to choose either your sexuality and/or your religion. Until you reach the age of majority in your jurisdiction, you must obey all lawful commands and directions from your parents and you must submit to their authority and discipline.
This is because they have the hard duty to bring you up to be a self-respecting, self-supporting adult that will be an asset to society, rather than a burden. And the state will assist your parents in whatever they feel is best in raising such an adult (ie. if you rebel against your parents, they can get the law to assist them in controlling you).
To directly answer your question, you have no right to freedom of religion as a minor and you won’t until you become a legal adult. You can be forced to practice whatever religion your parents choose (with one or two minor exceptions like if your parents insist on female circumcision, that is against the law or if they are Jehovah’s Witnesses and they refuse to permit you to receive a blood transfusion). And yes, this is legal. You can do nothing to stop it and if you refuse your parents lawful orders and directions, you will find that they have the right to punish you with almost impunity!
I suggest you obey your parents. Once you are a self-supporting adult, you can move out and do as you plese.