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1 posted on 11/19/2008 8:06:03 AM PST by Bill Dupray
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Let them leave the room, then
In fact, let them leave period
What are they-the ones whose parents voted for McCain?
s-a-r-c?


2 posted on 11/19/2008 8:08:44 AM PST by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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If You Want To Say The Pledge of Allegiance, You'll Have to Leave the Room

Good Bye, America. We hardly knew ye.

3 posted on 11/19/2008 8:08:57 AM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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The Supreme Court decision required schools to allow students to “opt out” of reciting the Pledge.

It did NOT allow schools to require students to “opt in”.

What this school is doing is unconstitutional. Where is the ACLU when you need them, eh?


4 posted on 11/19/2008 8:09:53 AM PST by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
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Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm


5 posted on 11/19/2008 8:10:16 AM PST by Tennessee Nana
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I am sick of these atheist leftist loons the first amendment does not give them the right to prevent others from speaking


6 posted on 11/19/2008 8:11:02 AM PST by edzo4 (NoBama 2012)
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No. Make me. I will sue.


7 posted on 11/19/2008 8:11:05 AM PST by o_zarkman44 (Since when is paying more, but getting less, considered Patriotic?)
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...don’t say it, wear on a t-shirt!


9 posted on 11/19/2008 8:12:25 AM PST by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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How funny. Where will they go? Is there some big auditorium out there? Oh funny if all the kids but one leave the classroom, I think that would put the spotlight on that one kid. This is so ridiculous but it happens everywhere. I was on base at the base theater and some punk active duty guys (I am active duty as well so I know not everyone is perfect) did not stand up to respect the National Anthem. Everyone yelled for them to stand up...lol. It happens everywhere.
12 posted on 11/19/2008 8:13:48 AM PST by napscoordinator
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When my daughter was 3, we had to stop at every US flag while she saluted and recited the Pledge...

Her daughter, 5, loves the flag and loves visiting the “City of Flags”, (Washington’s Monument, etc in DC)


13 posted on 11/19/2008 8:13:52 AM PST by Tennessee Nana
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Drop all federal funding from that district immediately.

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14 posted on 11/19/2008 8:14:08 AM PST by polymuser (Bye, bye Miss American Pie.)
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its a Vermont thing.

They should join Quebec, then when Quebec becomes part of France, the Vermonteers will be where they need to be. Then the can all sing La Marseillaise before class starts...


15 posted on 11/19/2008 8:14:10 AM PST by Vaquero ("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
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Ain’t that sumptin’? Years ago:

If you didn’t want to recite the Pledge of Allegiance or sing the national anthem, you were disciplined and people thought you were strange.

You could go into a drug store and say, “Give me a pack of Marlboros,” and whisper softly, “Where’s your condoms?”

Nowadays, you shout “Give me a pack of condoms,” and whisper softly, “Where’s your cigarettes?”

Yep, and with our new fearless leader who won’t sing our anthem or wear a U.S. flag pin, we’re all in trouble.


16 posted on 11/19/2008 8:15:11 AM PST by laweeks
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The rights of the few outweigh the rights of the many?


20 posted on 11/19/2008 8:18:54 AM PST by al_c (Avoid the consequences of erudite vernacular utilized irrespective of necessity)
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Boycott the bear.

21 posted on 11/19/2008 8:19:00 AM PST by DogBarkTree (Sometimes you have to let it go in order to get a Grip.)
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I scoffed when I heard about the upcoming so-called “balkanization” of the Unites States. Now I am not so sure.


22 posted on 11/19/2008 8:21:29 AM PST by Commander X (Liberalism: Spurring the decay of the USA)
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NO NO NO,,, the way to stop these assaults it to fight back.
Some brave child, with the full backing of their parents, needs to stand up IN CLASS and start to say the pledge, with as many friends as will join them.

Parents need to be visible across the street to intervene when the school turns on the kids.

People need to organize against the school board members.
We need to start the counter-revolution against the leftists. For too long we have headed to the gym as ordered. Time to refuse and to do it our way, just like them.


24 posted on 11/19/2008 8:26:27 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs earn the title of "man's best friend", Muslims hate dogs,,add that up.)
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I wonder if that will work in Texas........(or are they already doing that now?)


31 posted on 11/19/2008 8:42:19 AM PST by FrankCastle214
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The John Birch Society used to have this saying, “A Republic, NOT a democracy.” I used to think it was a silly point, but now I get it...Now that it’s too late. Welcome to the United Socialist States of America, the USSA.


32 posted on 11/19/2008 8:43:11 AM PST by Welcome2thejungle
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I've never understood the emphasis on requiring children to recite pledges of any kind. They don't understand what they're saying nor the significance of the words. Better to teach them why their country deserves love and allegiance and let them hold it in their hearts rather than wear it on their sleeves.

I'm not sure exactly what is the goal. For those who truly have “allegiance” to their country is it to let everyone else know in a very public way? Is it to identify those that don't so they can be harassed?

Forcing/pressuring someone to do this in public who may be uncomfortable or doesn't understand will only lead to enmity, bitterness and possibly reprisal. Love, or allegiance, to country will be proved in someones actions, not in chanting phrases in public.

It reminds me of what Jesus said about charity in that it should be done in private. Those that do so publicly are interested in something far less noble than helping those in need. My question is what is the interest of people who insist on public displays of patriotism?

33 posted on 11/19/2008 8:47:46 AM PST by Bob J (For every 1000 hacking at the branches of evil, one strikes at it's root.)
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This is a national disgrace. I’m appalled that these “educators” don’t believe that young people don’t owe any allegiance to their country.


38 posted on 11/19/2008 9:17:58 AM PST by popdonnelly (Don't lose sight of your conservative principles.)
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