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When Sean Harrington entered his freshman year at Arlington High School, he noticed something peculiar: There were no American flags in the classrooms, and no one recited the Pledge of Allegiance.
So Harrington enlisted the aid of his fellow students, and now, three years later, they have succeeded in getting flags installed in the classrooms. But the pledge still will not be recited.
The Arlington, Mass., school committee has rejected the 17-year-old's request to allow students to voluntarily recite the Pledge of Allegiance, because some educators are concerned that it would be hard to find teachers willing to recite it, according to a report in the Arlington Patch.
Originally posted by Alien Mind
Are you kidding me? What does religion have to do with saying the Pledge of Allegiance. Stuff like this makes me proud to live in the redneck south.
When Sean Harrington entered his freshman year at Arlington High School, he noticed something peculiar: There were no American flags in the classrooms, and no one recited the Pledge of Allegiance.
Originally posted by boondock-saint
Originally posted by Alien Mind
Are you kidding me? What does religion have to do with saying the Pledge of Allegiance. Stuff like this makes me proud to live in the redneck south.
because of the line that says
one nation UNDER GOD
and I'm with ya in the redneck south
Originally posted by Night Star
Ah, that must be it. But what do they care? It doesn't say Christian God, or Islam God or whatever. It's not like they are making a pledge to an evil entity or something.
Originally posted by shamus78
What exactly, are you pledging allegiance to?