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Re: Religion in Schools - May 20th 2009, 03:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Kyle11 View Post
ALTHOUGH. You can be suspended from school for not standing for the pledge. Legally a school cannot do this, but they somehow get away with it (As I was suspended for not standing). The only way to get around it is if a note is presented by a guardian stating that you are not permitted to stand. EVEN THOUGH in "West Virginia ed. v. Barnette says "a citizen can't be forced to confess their loyalty"

America is such a corrupt place. What happened to freedom?
I'm not sure about standing. Legally, a school can't force you to salute or say the pledge.

They shouldn't require you to stand, but I'm unaware of a current law against it.

Our founding father's would be rolling in their graves.