Lawmaker Replaces Pledge with PoemApr 26, 2012 A Massachusetts lawmaker is under fire in Falmouth after she opened a town meeting with a poem instead of the traditional recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance. Melissa Freitag, the vice chair for the Falmouth Board of Selectmen, refused to say why she would not allow her fellow lawmakers or residents to recite the pledge. “I would rather not tonight,” she replied when Selectman Kevin Murphy questioned her about the omission. **SNIP** Falmouth resident Brenda Scannell told the newspaper that Freitag’s decision was baffling. “I just don’t get that at all,” she said....