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Pledge of Allegiance flap divides Vermont town
Associated Press ^
| November 14, 2008
| John Curran
Posted on 11/15/2008 7:32:55 PM PST by george76
No one's sure when daily recitations of the Pledge of Allegiance fell by the wayside at Woodbury Elementary School.
But efforts to restore them have erupted into a bitter dispute in this tiny (pop. 810) Vermont town, with school officials blocking the exercise from classrooms amid concerns that it holds nonparticipating children up to scorn.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Vermont
KEYWORDS: culturewars; education; homeschoolingisgood; publicschool; publicschools; vermont
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posted on
11/15/2008 7:32:55 PM PST
by
george76
To: george76
I would think people have the right not to participate in the pledge and others have the right to react as they will as long as they're not violent.
The prinicpal is one of these "zero-tolerance, no-victim" types. Can't do anything that might make someone feel bad or violate their right from being offended. Donchano!
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posted on
11/15/2008 7:35:30 PM PST
by
nufsed
To: george76
That’s okay. pretty soon they will be required to recite the Pledge of Allegiance to the Lord Obama.
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posted on
11/15/2008 7:39:25 PM PST
by
Blackhawk
(God said it, I believe it, That settles it.)
To: george76
Yeah, well, it’s Vermont.
To: george76
be interesting to see whether comrade obamao puts his hand over his heart during pledges to our flag.
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posted on
11/15/2008 7:39:51 PM PST
by
ken21
(people die and you never hear from them again.)
To: george76
time to cut off all federal and state aid
To: nufsed
"
Can't do anything that might make someone feel bad or violate their right from being offended."Well . . . this Principal's behavior makes me feel bad and it violates my right to not be offended.
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posted on
11/15/2008 7:41:39 PM PST
by
YHAOS
To: YHAOS
We are becoming a nation of spineless, irresponsible idiots.
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posted on
11/15/2008 7:43:58 PM PST
by
nufsed
To: RepublitarianRoger2
Yeah, well, its Vermont.
Yep, way up towards the northeast kingdom of vermont. It’s kind of backwards/backwoods up there.
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posted on
11/15/2008 7:45:43 PM PST
by
Canedawg
(The media is a ass, a idiot.," said Mr. Bumble.)
To: george76
Must be a lot of inbreeding in Vermont.
Isn't that waste of human skin, Bernie "Castro" Sanders from Vermont?
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posted on
11/15/2008 7:47:26 PM PST
by
Thumper1960
(A modern so-called "Conservative" is a shadow of a wisp of a vertebrate human being.)
To: george76
Every dollar spent on public education is money down a rat hole.
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posted on
11/15/2008 7:49:01 PM PST
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: nufsed
the principal may have studied under Professor Ayers.
12
posted on
11/15/2008 7:51:45 PM PST
by
elpadre
(nation)
To: elpadre
social justice middle school
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posted on
11/15/2008 7:53:02 PM PST
by
nufsed
Comment #14 Removed by Moderator
To: george76
They say the Pledge in Vermont?
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posted on
11/15/2008 7:56:35 PM PST
by
bigbob
To: nufsed
"We are becoming a nation of spineless, irresponsible idiots."You shouldn't we. It is too many lame brain idiots. I don't count myself among them.
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posted on
11/15/2008 8:02:00 PM PST
by
blackbart.223
(I live in Northern Nevada. Reid doesn't represent me.)
To: blackbart.223
Looking at the country as a whole (hole).
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posted on
11/15/2008 8:03:14 PM PST
by
nufsed
To: Canedawg
Actually, we live fairly close to Woodbury. It’s beautiful country, and pretty civilized except for all that silly liberalism.
The problem is that so many hippies moved up to Vermont when the fashion was to get back to nature.
http://www.virtualvermont.com/towns/woodbury.html
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posted on
11/15/2008 8:06:11 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: metmom; Cicero; Amelia
Saying the Pledge in the classroom is legal, convenient and traditional
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posted on
11/15/2008 8:07:38 PM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: nufsed
"Looking at the country as a whole (hole)."I'll give you that. But I look at it as an individual as I'm sure you do.
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posted on
11/15/2008 8:08:03 PM PST
by
blackbart.223
(I live in Northern Nevada. Reid doesn't represent me.)
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