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by Alonzo Garbonzo on September 15th, 2005

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How is a student punished when s/he refuses to recite the Pledge of Allegiance if the state requires it?

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  • by lilly42 on September 16th, 2005

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    If the student refuses to say the Pledge of Allegiance because of the words "under God" or for religous reasons all they are expected to do is to stand and put their hand over their heart. For example: Even in the days when all public schools stated the Pledge everday in the morning, regardless of the state, Jehovah Witnesses were still around. They are not, for relgious reasons, allowed to make pledges. So they would stand respectfully with their hands over their heart and not take the Pledge.

    Because this ties into freedom of religion, the law cannot, or at least isn't supposed to, subject the student to any punishment. Now on the other hand, if the student is just being a hard head for no particular reason or is being disrespectful during the Pledge of Allegiance then the school has the right to give the student detention or what not. Now, I'm not saying that if you don't do it, for real and logical reasons, your school won't try to punish you, but they're not suppose to.

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