[JebBush2008]

The hypocrisy is staggering. If these people are unwilling to pledge allegiance to their country then they don't deserve to hide behind the Constitution. If the pledge is so against their beliefs, they should go somewhere more to their liking....like Cuba!

So in your World, The First Amendment does not include the right not to say the pledge and forces one to?

[sweetliberty]

See my post #58.

[Teacher317]

LOL, if you want to assert that a child's Free Speech Rights trump a teacher's right to run an orderly classroom, then I want you to teach an inner-city school for a week... then let us know how much you'll get done by making the regular business of the classroom secondary to a classroom of 25 thirteen-year olds being allowed to speak whenever they think of something to say. ;^)

Of course the kids shouldn't be forced to recite The Pledge (which is rather ironic when it professes to support liberty... but then again, school attendance is compulsory... hmmm). This particular kid was being a disruptive jerk, and got appropriately punished for it. The rest is sensationalism generated by the parents and the reporter.