Posted on 08/31/2009 10:55:35 AM PDT by floridaguy81
SPRING HILL, FL -- While showing off her JROTC uniform, 16-year-old Heather Lawrence told us joining the Army is her next big goal, to follow in the footsteps of her father and grandfather.
"Our flag represents everything that our country is," she said.
The teen says an issue over the American flag is why she was written up and handed a five-day suspension from Springstead High School this week for criticizing a Muslim student. Heather says the other girl was sitting down during the Pledge of Allegiance.
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President elect Obama would defend the girls right to sit down during the Pledge of Allegiance.
This is your new system, FRiends: suspend and hinder the good ones, promote and coddle the bad ones.
God Bless this teen and her parents for raising her this way.
This is exactly what happens in the UK aka Islamification. Obama is running that same playbook.
If muslims won’t stand for the American flag, they it’s quite obvious which flag they DO stand for. In that case, they need to go back to their homeland.
Boy, I must be old.
I remember kids getting detention for NOT standing and remaining still during the National Anthem at after-school Jr. Varsity games. They didn’t have to place their hands over their hearts; but they did have to stand and face the flag.
The school PC Gestapo is on the job!
Agreed!
'Why don't she act like she's proud to be an American?'"
Now, why don't they suspend the school's English teacher?
Jehovah’s Witness don’t observe the pledge either.
I never liked being forced to do it myself. I come from a jesus worshipper family.
I remember when a fight drew a crowd and nobody got suspended.
I'm not even sure if you get suspended for carrying a knife in the NYC system.../s
As would I.
If she doesn't have a 'right' to sit during the pledge- it is no longer the USA. The pledge to the cloth should not be forced on anyone.
True
I agree that she should not have to stand for the pledge in general, but she should if she is at a public school.
Also, she should be open for criticism if she doesn’t stand.
Another example of how being a loyal American is no longer accepted in society. Does being a Muslim excuse this other student from saying the pledge? Does this student live in the US? Why don’t the school authorities suspend the student who DIDN’T stand up to say the pledge?
God save us all.
Next thing we’ll see is WE get arrested for being loyal to our country and constitution.
GRRRRR
It was the schools Principal and Asst. Principal that are the ones guilty of doing the bullying.
Hats off to Heather Lawrence. She did no wrong. Has nothing to apologise for.
Not too sure about this but don’t the Jehovah Witnesses refuse to salute the flag too? Just asking ...... what if it was a JW instead of a Muslim ... would she have been suspended over the same issue?
And this is grounds for suspension? Horse hockey.
Did the Muzzies ever learn the definition of being a polite guest? When my children were young and attended public school in Japan, the question arose as to whether or not they should stand for the national anthem "Kimi ga Yo". Since it was summer, I answered that question by taking to a 4th of July concert that the military base was doing for the local community and other Americans in Japan.
Like most of these events, there were more Japanese and Americans in attendance. I told the kids to watch the Japanese when the band opened the concert with our national anthem. Some of the Japanese joined their American friends in saluting. Some just stood without saluting. But not a single one sat down or otherwise showed indifference or disrespect for their hosts.
"That," I told them "was exactly how you should act when the national anthem of our host country is played. Whether or not you salute is up to you. Personally, I won't because my allegiance is to the U.S.A. But that doesn't stop you from being a gracious and respectable guest by standing."
Sure. Nobody is disputing that I don't believe. Not even the girl in question from what I can gather.
I do not believe in the pledge personally. I think it is anathema to freedom and forcing someone to stand for it- either through peer pressure or through protocol is likewise anti-freedom.
But in a public place, sure, other people can ask her about it. I don't know why freedom loving people would have a problem with it myself but that's just me.
Is there any use for High School anyway? Community Colleges teach the subjects far better anyway.
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