[JohnnyZ]

Demanding a daily loyalty oath to the government is hostile to conservative principles.

It also permitted students to decline on the basis of religious conviction or personal belief, but required the district to inform the student's parents.

[NJ_gent]

"It also permitted students to decline on the basis of religious conviction or personal belief, but required the district to inform the student's parents."

Secular reasons were specifically excluded from the list of valid reasons to refuse. This law ignored West Virginia State Board of Education v Barnette and Miranda v Arizona; both of which clearly invalidate it. The court made the right decision, and the appeals court affirmed the right decision. A loyalty oath coerced holds no value anyway.