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Originally Posted by dannieyankee
I know this is the very first post, but still.
I'm in Law Class, and the first thing my law teacher told me was that NO, YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO DO THE PLEDGE. If teachers tell you to, all you have to do is say that according to US Law, no one is required to say the Pledge of Allegiance. The only thing you're required to do is be respectable and QUIET for the people around you that DO want to pledge.
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Yeah well, is a child required to recite the alphabet in a particular order; or how about being required to believe that 2+2=4, and that there is something called "gravity" that makes people and things fall down - are there laws that prescribe that we do not have to force children to uphold such as truths, or are they allowed to think and learn free of dogma?
I agree the national pledge of alligiance is in violation of the First Amendment; however, I am a states rights advocate and I would not be opposed to state pledges.
