[Albion Wilde]

Martin and School Board Chair Retta Dunlap defended the practice, saying it restored the Pledge to the school as requested, preserved the rights of students who -- for political or religious reasons -- didn't want to participate and gave others the opportunity to pledge their allegiance.

A child has political reasons? More likely it is the old hippie faculty who thinks it's cool to hate their own country.

[berdie]

“who thinks it's cool to hate their own country..”

Rahm Emmanuel thinks it will bring cohesion to the country by mandating compulsory community service (Barry has the same idea)>

In my feeble mind, back in the day...when all of us children in a classroom, from kindergarten to senior in high school, said that pledge together, it brought voluntary cohesion. I must be showing my age.