From the Star Tribune:

Three small-town eighth-graders in Minnesota were suspended by their principal for not standing Thursday morning for the Pledge of Allegiance, violating a district policy that the principal now says may soon be reworded to protect free speech rights.

As an arm of the government, schools cheapen the pledge by requiring pupils to recite it or stand during it.  Any government that forces its subjects to pledge loyalty doesn’t deserve any loyalty.  One thing that makes our country great is that people have fought and died to protect our right to speak freely without government recourse.

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