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Student Sean Harrington appears to have won his fight to bring the Pledge of Allegiance back into his Massachusetts high school -- except the principal's proposed solution leaves the daily honor to the nation's flag literally hanging in the hall. Charles Skidmore, principal of Arlington High School in Arlington, Mass., has offered to allow students to recite the pledge before school begins -- but in the school's foyer and not in the classrooms, as 17-year-old Harrington had hoped. Kathleen Bodie, Arlington superintendent of schools, told Fox News Radio that “The principal wanted to be very respectful about the pledge and...

Last month I wrote an article regarding the involvement of SEIU and Moveon.org urging members to vote in a Fox News poll to support a California school district's decision to ban the flag in schools. Of course this article was not well received by the Marxist's that support these two organizations. I received hate mail and threats of violence from the supposed peace loving liberals. Now we have another case in Arlington Massachusetts where high school Principal Charles Skidmore has banned the pledge of allegiance from being recited in the classroom. Sean Harrington, a senior at Arlington High School is...