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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just to throw out a thought--Jehovah's Witnesses do not salute the flag or recite the Pledge of Allegiance.  For those who would flip out over a student or teacher sitting or kneeling during the pledge, FYI, it happens every day.

Unless we're going to stop recognizing the freedom to practice one's religion, on top of everything else...[/quote]

I posted on here about this earlier.  I taught children who were Jehovah's Witness.  Our principal's policy was that they would stand in respect to the others in the room or wiat in the hall during the pledge.  It was no big deal, but they did not sit while others stood.  They did not have to pledge.  Standing indicates respect.  We stand when the anthem of other countries is played at events, don't we?[/quote]

Yes, always. I have been to a lot of ice hockey games and the US people always stand for "O, Canada" and the Canadians always stand for "The Star Spangled Banner." At the Olympics, the athletes and the spectators all stand for every national anthem that is played. One stands to show respect,  for the anthem of your own country and those of other countries also.

Usually, when a person doesn't stand, that is a choice made specifically to show disrespect. 
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