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Even when she was several months pregnant, Redskins fan Casey Kennedy, an Alexandria native, was berated when she lived in New York City and rooted for the Redskins.
Her Seattle counterparts are far more tolerant. Not long after she moved here in 2004, Kennedy, 38, had to solicit donations from Seahawks executives as part of her job as a logistics director for the American Heart Association. The first thing they asked her was to state her team loyalties.
"Right there, in the middle of the Qwest Field offices," Kennedy recalled, "I said proudly: 'The Redskins.' "
Then they asked who her second-favorite team was.
"Whoever is playing Dallas," she answered, quickly adding: "The Seahawks are right up there at number 3."
Kennedy said she has been steadily indoctrinating her 6-year-old son, Owen, but it can be a bit confusing for the boy. "With all the hoopla here, it's been hard to make sure he stays a Redskins fan," she said, explaining that Owen also has a lot of Seahawks gear. Today's playoff matchup left him a little puzzled, she said, and he asked his mother whom they would be rooting for.
"I told him we'll be rooting for the Redskins," Kennedy said. "And he just said, 'Okay.' "
