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Judson HS student kicked out of class for sitting during Pledge of Allegiance
ksat ^ | October 5, 2017 | Jessie Degollado - Reporter

Posted on 10/08/2017 3:12:33 PM PDT by Morgana

CONVERSE, Texas - A Judson High School student said his teacher is challenging his silent protest to sit out the Pledge of Allegiance.

At only 15 years old, Christian Powell may not be like others his age. More News Headlines

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“I watch a lot of news so I’m aware of what’s going on today,” he said.

The NFL player protest over police shootings of African-Americans, the riot in Charlottesville and the anger over anti-immigrant policies and rhetoric are why the Judson High School sophomore said he began his own a silent protest.

(Excerpt) Read more at ksat.com ...


TOPICS: Education
KEYWORDS: arth; flag; nfl; pledge
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Three times he did this. School just just throw this butt out.
1 posted on 10/08/2017 3:12:33 PM PDT by Morgana
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To: metmom

another one but yea it’s going to the schools now.

We should have seen this coming.

arth ping


2 posted on 10/08/2017 3:13:14 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Morgana

Christian Powell, 15 years old? Looks like a punk with attitude who needs to be kept away from the decent kids.

3 posted on 10/08/2017 3:19:09 PM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: Morgana

Punks did it at our high school football game a couple weeks ago, too. No repercussions.


4 posted on 10/08/2017 3:19:19 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Morgana

The only thing that’s going to stop this is peer pressure.
As in an a## kicking for this behavior by his classmates.


5 posted on 10/08/2017 3:19:30 PM PDT by Kozak (DIVERSITY+PROXIMITY=CONFLICT)
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To: Menehune56

Egads! Looks like the janitor forgot to put his mop away.


6 posted on 10/08/2017 3:20:39 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Morgana

All the kiddies are getting their marching orders from the NFL.


7 posted on 10/08/2017 3:21:04 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Morgana

Texas again!


8 posted on 10/08/2017 3:21:54 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Morgana

good


9 posted on 10/08/2017 3:23:29 PM PDT by Lionheartusa1 ()-: There is nothing democratic about the democrat party :-()
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To: dragnet2; Texas Fossil

“Texas again!”

Yea Texas ping


10 posted on 10/08/2017 3:24:57 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Morgana

Supreme Court already decided this and the law is on the kids side under religious freedom clause. Goes back to Jehovah Witnesses around WW2. Supreme Court also ruled in the 60s that HS kids can wear black armbands in protest. While we may not like it, the free speech laws have been adjudicated in this regard. Students do have the right to free speech when they enter the school grounds. If speech is removed for one class of citizens, then what other class should have their speech curtailed?


11 posted on 10/08/2017 3:27:20 PM PDT by abigkahuna (How can you be at two places at once when you are nowhere at all?)
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To: Kozak

“The only thing that’s going to stop this is peer pressure.
As in an a## kicking for this behavior by his classmates.”

The only problem is that most of his classmates silently agree, and are just smart enough to avoid getting expelled. In the 1950s, yeah, he would have risked it. Today, he risks being elected prom king.


12 posted on 10/08/2017 3:30:40 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up.)
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To: Menehune56

Is that a bird’s nest on his head?


13 posted on 10/08/2017 3:35:38 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation ("You can't fix America without pissing off the people who broke it".....Bill Mitchell)
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To: Morgana

Aypledgli ianectu flaggen tupep kile for stahn


14 posted on 10/08/2017 3:46:17 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: DesertRhino

Then the battle is lost, and just stop saying the pledge.


15 posted on 10/08/2017 3:51:35 PM PDT by Kozak (DIVERSITY+PROXIMITY=CONFLICT)
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To: abigkahuna
If speech is removed for one class of citizens, then what other class should have their speech curtailed?

muslims.

16 posted on 10/08/2017 3:52:18 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: onedoug

Can’t do it my FRiend...May not agree with their teachings, or rhetoric, but can not limit their speech.


17 posted on 10/08/2017 3:56:34 PM PDT by abigkahuna (How can you be at two places at once when you are nowhere at all?)
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To: Morgana

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia_State_Board_of_Education_v._Barnette

Better apologize to the student quick and make a settlement.

Boneheaded administrators and teachers are going to cost taxpayers a fortune in legal bills and still lose.

It’s settled law.


18 posted on 10/08/2017 3:58:26 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: Snickering Hound

From what I understand of that one has to stand during the pledge but one does not have to say it.


19 posted on 10/08/2017 4:11:14 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: abigkahuna

Precisely

During the Vietnam Nam war there were kids in my high school who refused to stand for the pledge. We talked about it then ignored them

Free speech means all sorts of things can be said. Doesn’t mean you have to agree or listen


20 posted on 10/08/2017 4:20:31 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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