“By saying the pledge {sic}, you honor every man,woman and child who died to make our Country {sic} great.”
It is a bit ironic to teach kids how much freedom that have in America and then tell them they have no choice but to say the Pledge.
However, there have been other nations in the not so distant past which did force children to pledge their allegiance to the state.
No, it is not ironic to have children honor what they have.
What is ironic is just how many people think they shouldn’t.
>> so distant past which did force children to pledge their allegiance to the state.
You’re confusing the United States with Nazi Germany. One country liberates the other persecuted. We’re also talking about rearing children; something quite different than forcing adults into compliance.
If public school children should be allowed to deny the Flag, why not let them deny attendance? We’re all paying for this, we all have a say.