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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Do you also think it's disrespectful when you're at a funeral in church, and the pastor or minister asks the assembled people to kneel for prayer, and some people remain seated? Or when you're at a public event, and a religious leader says, "Let's bow our heads", but some people don't bow their heads?[/quote]

I usually don't look around to see who is not bowing their head.  Why?  Because I am conforming.  People do not kneel in my church, but, if attending another church, and asked to kneel, I kneel.  It is the respectful thing to do.

It is pretty obvious, when saying the pledge, who remains seated.

I have attended events on a military post where there were foreign guests.  A military parade, for example.  When the pledge was said, the guests stood.  They did not say the pledge.  It is about respect.  And, I have attended events when a foreign flag was flown--when people stand, I stand.

Again, [b]standing is not pledging[/b].
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SAYS YOU. Other people, who are not you, have opinions about this that are different from yours. In the US, the government must allow everyone to act according to their own opinions on this matter. Yay, US! Freedom of speech! Freedom of religion! -- right?[/quote]

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