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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]The highlighted portion. DH spent 26 years in the military, got to deploy to some lovely garden spots, and the primary reason he served was to protect and defend the Constitution. While he was active duty he carried a pocket sized Constitution with him, as a reminder. If a teacher or student doesn't want to say the pledge, that is OK. [b]Forcing them to say the pledge is wrong.

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Agree.  My problem is why they do not want to say the pledge.  Sure, they have the right not to do so, but I also have the  right to have an opinion.  I find it very sad that people do not feel pride in saying the pledge.  Like your president or not, this is still your country and is protecting your right not to say it.  [/quote]

How do you know why someone doesn't want to say the pledge?  There can be lots of reasons.  Someone could believe that this country -- for any number of reasons -- isn't interested in "liberty and justice for all," and wants to hold their country, even in some small way, accountable for that because they hold this country to a higher standard.  Someone could draw a connection between public pledges and fascism, like PP from earlier in the thread.  Someone could be a Jehovah's Witness.  Someone could have a problem with the addition of "under God."  And someone, like me, could believe that the greatest freedom this country provides is the freedom to criticize, the freedom to protest, the freedom of the minority in addition to the majority and the freedom from forced public devotion, and that declining to say the pledge actually is a [i]better[/i] way to honor our country.  None of those reasons are anti-patriotic or anti-American, none of them are "sad," and none of them, frankly, are your business.[/quote]

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