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Yes.  So they don’t say the Lord’s Prayer.

But [b]it’s public school in the US.  So we say the Pledge of Allegiance.[/b]  [/quote]

What is the logic here?

Public school in the US = have to say PoA? Required by federal law? State law? Local regulations? Or just the schools?
If it were just the schools - what does it have to do with "in the US"? Does being in the US give the school more right to do so?

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Being in the US matters here because we say the pledge for the US.  Not for Canada.  Not the pledge for Uganda.  Not the pledge for Iceland.

I don’t quite understand what the issue is.  What exactly is objectionable about saying the pledge?  All the PPs just say it makes them uncomfortable, but don’t really specify why.  [/quote]

Some people do not like their kids to be asked to say the same thing which is a bit ritual-like, every day, even if there is nothing wrong with the words.

Is that a good enough reason?[/quote]

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