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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]

Lots of PP have explained. Most other countries don't have a pledge at all and if you are originally from one of those countries (I am, and am now a citizen), the idea of having to, on a daily basis, affirm my allegiance to this country is quite peculiar. Particularly if I were under 7 and didn't know what it meant. [/quote]

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