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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a conservative and a former teacher, I believe this is wrong.  Student should not have been suspended.  A student does not need to stand or say the pledge, but a student cannot prevent or disrupt others from doing so.  [/quote]  I am also a conservative and former teacher... what is the mechanism for not preventing or disrupting? Is that not protected speech as well (for example, putting fingers in ears and singing la la la la loudly?). I am not being snarky--truly curious how I would manage to (LEGALLY) create a respectful zone for those who participate or abstain.[/quote]

That's a legitimate question. The court says you can't require participation in the pledge (and, by implication, the national anthem). The court does not say that any disruption equals free speech.

Doing what the NFL players have been doing, for example, silently taking a knee, does not create a disruption that impairs anyone else's participation in singing the anthem.

A student sitting quietly while the others stand to say the pledge is not being disruptive.

If a student engages in activity that would be disruptive regardless of what the class was doing (e.g., if the class was hearing a presentation, watching a movie, doing math problems, etc.) then, as long as the punishment for the disruption during the pledge is the same as the punishment for disrupting any other class activity, you're on pretty solid ground. [/quote]

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