Education

School Retracts Permission Slip for Pledge

A Massachusetts public school is backing down from its requirement that parents sign a permission slip in order for their kids to participate in the Pledge of Allegiance.

MyFoxBoston reports:

A Brookline school is now saying permission slips won’t be necessary for students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance.

Beginning next month, all students at the Devotion School will say the Pledge over the school’s intercom. The school’s principal initially said the permission slips will encourage parents to have a discussion with their kids about the Pledge.

The Brookline superintendent says while it may seem extreme, it’s necessary. It is state law to recite the Pledge of Allegiance every day, but courts have ruled students have the right not to participate.

The most shocking part of the story may be that the Pledege has been absent from the school for seven years. The video below highlights the ACLU attorney who suggests it’s ridiculous to think parents can make decisions for their kids:

Comments (115)

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  • seaweaver
    Posted on December 23, 2010 at 10:24am

    why were my comments on IB program cut?

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  • bookofwisdom
    Posted on December 23, 2010 at 10:24am

    First, I would like to say that any teacher who does not stand and pledge allegiance to the Flag of The United States should not be getting Tax Payers money. Second, I would like to say that I do NOT appreciate the commercial on this site. The commercial is too sexual and beneath what I expect from The Blaze.

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    • jennymcd
      Posted on December 23, 2010 at 10:37am

      I would go a step further and say that any School System accepting funds from the United States Goverment agree to Pledge Allegiance to our Flag, which stands for UNITY IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM. How could anyone disagree to unify for the cause of freedom? If you read the pledge to the flag carefully, you will see that we pledge to the flag of the United States of America, not to God. We take this pledge out in the open under God, for all to hear, because we are not ashamed to stand up for freedom. We do not hidden in a back room some where, secretly. If our schools are ashamed to stand up and unify for the cause of freedom, they should not get our money.

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  • jennymcd
    Posted on December 23, 2010 at 10:14am

    The American Flag stands for Unity in the Cause of Freedom. The Pledge of allegiance is the pledge each citizen should take that they agree to UNIFY IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM. It is not about God. While our founders were in majority Christians and they took this pledge under God and we are still a majority Christian. IT IS NOT ABOUT GOD! It is about “UNIFYING FOR THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM” Dont let progressive/socialists confuse this issue. Their mission is to destroy our freedom. I WILL TAKE THE PLEDGE TO UNIFY FOR THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM, UNDER GOD AND ANYONE ELSE WHO WILL LISTEN. ….Do You???? This has been the cause of our country since it’s beginning. Freedom is now under attack within our borders. Read the words in the American Pledge and if you agree, Take that pledge an unite as one nation, the majority of us who live under God.

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  • janddjohnson
    Posted on December 23, 2010 at 10:12am

    The good news about this and other stories like it is this: We are making a difference. These stupid unAmericans are back tracking and it is because of people like us that make phone calls and send emails. Lets stay on top of it and just maybe …just maybe…we can save our country without violence.

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  • lewbrown
    Posted on December 23, 2010 at 10:08am

    Isn’t this just a way to profile? I think you could tell a lot about a family by their signing of this permission slip. Here, let me sign… This ole Vet. has no problem with pledging.

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    • Taquoshi
      Posted on December 23, 2010 at 9:38pm

      Quite truthfully, the permission slip is bogus. All it actually indicates is that a parent/guardian/custodian was aware that the Pledge was being recited and that they have no problem with their child or ward saying it.

      Other than insisting that the students quietly stand and be respectful during the time that the Pledge is recited, I think the school made way too big of a deal over this. They were trying to be Politically Correct and “Sensitive” and it blew back in their faces – big time.

      I like the Pledge and recite it frequently at business meetings. No problem. However, it’s important for people to remember that it is a pledge, not an oath. It is also not a citizenship test, nor is it a test of patriotism. While reciting it may express loyality, not saying does NOT express disloyality.

      However, the Pledge takes approximately 17 seconds to say, which thoroughly obliterates one person’s suggestion on an earlier thread that the non-participants be allowed to go out an have recess during that time, never mind taking attendance as to who is and who is not saying the Pledge. By the time a teacher got Billy, Bobby, Janie and Suzie out into the hallway to avoid their being “exposed” to the compulsory pledge, it would be over.

      And assuming that who ever does not recite the Pledge is not patriotic is not viable since in response to my earlier post, numerous people pointed out that Jehovah’s Witnesses do not recite the pledge as part of their religious beliefs. And I’m good with that. So the parents of a student who is a Jehovah‘s Witness would be sending in a slip saying they don’t want their child reciting the Pledge.

      The one thing that this whole brew-haha did do was it exposed those who are militantly against reciting the Pledge, and knowing where people stand is always good.

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  • MikeinIdaho
    Posted on December 23, 2010 at 10:02am

    Hey, it’s Massachusetts, what did you expect? How about we great unwashed drooling patriots vote both the East coast and West coast “off the island”? Let them fend for themselves without us.

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  • crossdraw
    Posted on December 23, 2010 at 9:55am

    You have a problem with the pledge then you have a problem with me. I don’t subscibe to political correctness and I would just as soon defecate on your grave after you have been correctly dealt with. You either show your love for this country or get your asses out. We REAL Americans don’t need your ameriKan bulls**t and your day is coming liberals. Oh your day is coming. A country without sleazy liberals. That’s a goal I will happily work for. No PC for you. You act like an ass and you get that ass kicked. Unless, of course, barneys’ frank is stuck in it.

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    • janddjohnson
      Posted on December 23, 2010 at 10:19am

      I think that Barney probably doesn’t have a frank, or a weinie but probably one of those beanie weanie thingies. Ewww gross

      Deanna in Missouri  
    • Oldphoto678
      Posted on December 23, 2010 at 12:25pm

      Big talk from an insignificant little nothing of a man. Big yawn!

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  • mikemanners11
    Posted on December 23, 2010 at 9:50am

    IF there is separation of Church and State then WHY do they still celebrate Xmas in Public Schools?

    It is all hypocrisy.

    They do what they want arbitrarily without reference to the Constitution.

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  • Stu Pedaso
    Posted on December 23, 2010 at 9:50am

    It is state law to recite the Pledge of Allegiance every day, but courts have ruled students have the right not to participate.

    So is it or is it not a law?

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    • Born In MA
      Posted on December 23, 2010 at 10:30am

      It is the law to be recited everyday and the “choice” of the student to do or not do. But to have to have permission from the parent is assinine. My youngest has graduated this past year and I asked him about this. He told me he recited the pledge every morning but none of his classmates did. I told him he was a patriot and his classmates were pinheads,(to swipe a line from our dear Bill O’Reilly).

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  • Dale
    Posted on December 23, 2010 at 9:49am

    “It is state law to recite the Pledge of Allegiance every day….” This school intends instituting a weekly recitation following a five to seven year lapse, and the story is about a ‘permission slip’. The principal needs to be fired.

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  • Tatanka
    Posted on December 23, 2010 at 9:46am

    What happened to PRIDE in AMERICA? It is time to STAND UP and defend our U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights!! I will NOT bow Down and be a sheep to these that wish to destroy us! WAKE UP Citizens!! This kind of stuff goes on and on and its time to decide where you stand!

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  • IndyGuy
    Posted on December 23, 2010 at 9:43am

    Hey Teachers…It goes like this…
    I pledge ALLEGIANCE to the FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and to the REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION,UNDER GOD,INDIVISIBLE,WITH LIBERTY and JUSTICE FOR ALL…

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  • MrObvious
    Posted on December 23, 2010 at 9:40am

    Maybe Mass is becoming a little less liberal.

    Foolish sideshows aside, this seems like a positive development.

    In addition to complaining about the permission slip, parents should be glad, their children get to recite the pledge, just like most of them did as kids.

    Next up for a scholastic comeback, the constitution and civics.

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  • xm-1774u
    Posted on December 23, 2010 at 9:39am

    to mutch liberal inbreeding

     
  • Paul G
    Posted on December 23, 2010 at 9:37am

    I don’t care what Glenn says…this country is falling apart.
    AND for all you that is doing the food thing?…whislt all you are ‘bunkered’ down…who is gonna be the ones fighting for this country? Revolution? YOU BETCHA! While all you gold buyers/food buyers…I’ll be one on the front lines…brb…my puters beeping……

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    • crossdraw
      Posted on December 23, 2010 at 10:02am

      PAUL G. Will you be fighting alone? Don’t see much success there, do you? To launch a revolution you have to have absolute silence while you prepare your offensive. NEVER HAPPEN. You need dedicated warriors so you will have to dynamite most of them out of their Lazy Boys and they won’t budge until their TV program is over. Revolution may be fun to talk about but when it comes down to fighting and DYING most will go back to their TV’s and leave the fighting to others. Read THE TURNER DIARIES and you will see how the future could play out. Then ask yourself if you have the mettle to revolt.

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  • Comeandtakeit
    Posted on December 23, 2010 at 9:35am

    First of all, WHERE did the offensive ad I saw at the beginning of this video come from???!! I thought it was inappropriate to say the least. Do people in Boston actually have commercials like this at the beginning of their TV shows, yet have some kind of “problem” with their kids reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in school??? That says a lot, right there.

    Second, I am disgusted and shocked a school would consider pledging allegiance to the flag of their country controversial. I grew up in a public school where not only the pledge was recited daily in every classroom, but a Bible verse was read and all students led in a prayer. I would love to see us return to ALL of that. No wonder our country is in trouble.

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    • janddjohnson
      Posted on December 23, 2010 at 10:07am

      Which commercial did you get? I got the Vanguarding commercial. It wasn’t the AXE wash your ball sack commercial was it?

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    • Atilla
      Posted on December 24, 2010 at 10:06am

      Me to. I grew up50 miles south of Boston. Camabridge has long since turned into the home of the Democratic Socialist of America.
      Amazing. Then there is Provincetown, Pervert capital of the east coast.

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  • clipper@work
    Posted on December 23, 2010 at 9:25am

    Is it the patriotism aspect that is the problem or is it the “under God’ part?

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    • expatinontariocanada
      Posted on December 23, 2010 at 9:33am

      For the ACLU, and progressive elites, it‘s the parents’ control over their kids part.

      “As He died to make men holy, let us die to keep men free…”

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    • reconmarine
      Posted on December 23, 2010 at 9:35am

      The two go hand in hand in our country.

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  • MozarkDawg
    Posted on December 23, 2010 at 9:25am

    Beginning next month, all students at the Devotion School will say the Pledge over the school’s intercom. The school’s principal initially said the permission slips will encourage parents to have a discussion with their kids about the Pledge.

    *****

    Considering what I read on this story yesterday, first I want to know that the parents actually UNDERSTAND what the pledge is, its meaning and intent — the level of ignorance in this country on matters of simple citzenry is astounding.

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  • Marine Recon Dad
    Posted on December 23, 2010 at 9:25am

    To think that the Boston area was the birthplace of freedom. What has it become now? A place where homosexual perverts like Frank hail from – a place where Liberalism is a disease – a place that is leading the charge to bring down the greatest country on Earth.

    ….. may it be the place that Muslim terrorists decide to make their next move……

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  • DashRipRock
    Posted on December 23, 2010 at 9:22am

    Finally some good news

    Mr Beck

    I have alot of respect for what it is that you are doing.

    But could you please post more good news stories
    Just something every now and again to help encourage us.
    Just give us a little taste of victory to keep us going
    Just a little bit of good news to help keep Hope Faith and Charity alive
    Even if it is something small just a little bit of good news
    something as small as John Boehenr got first runner up in the Mr Tropic Tan contest
    will do …

    We need to hear a little good news now and then to help keep up the spirits.

    Thank you

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    • MozarkDawg
      Posted on December 23, 2010 at 9:29am

      >Mr Beck

      >I have alot of respect for what it is that you are doing.

      >But could you please post more good news stories

      *****

      Glenn is not responsible for posting content/stories, I believe it is Scott Baker who is the editor-in-chief on this site. You might wish to direct your comments, requests to him.

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    • DashRipRock
      Posted on December 23, 2010 at 9:36am

      So does Scott Baker decide whats on Glen Becks radio show?
      Because I constantly hear Mr Beck Refer to this website
      on his radio show.

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    • MozarkDawg
      Posted on December 23, 2010 at 9:51am

      Glenn tells listeners to come here, encourages people to come and check out what’s been posted, but he is not doing the posting, he is not choosing the stories. You made a public request for more *good news* stories HERE, not on the radio show.

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    • DashRipRock
      Posted on December 23, 2010 at 9:58am

      Do you even listen to his show?
      He tells them what to put up here “Live on the Air”

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    • N37BU6
      Posted on December 23, 2010 at 10:25am

      @DASHRIPROCK

      “Do you even listen to his show? He tells them what to put up here Live on the Air”

      Nice checkmate, mate.

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    • Lantern
      Posted on December 23, 2010 at 11:17am

      Scott Baker, STOP with the lame, potty-joke, Axe Ads!

      Report Post » Lantern  
    • zman173rd
      Posted on December 23, 2010 at 7:38pm

      I agree with one of my favorite comic characters, Dash. Beck CAN give us an occasional uplifting story, like the WILMINGTON beat. He should end every tv and radio day with a little spec of the light at the end of the tunnel.

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  • Taquoshi
    Posted on December 23, 2010 at 9:22am

    How sad is this? The school must notify parents that the Pledge will be said one day a week? And then they took it one more step to be perfectly PC and added a permission slip?

    All these kids have to do is stand there and not say a word. I’ve seen several people do this at various meetings where the Pledge is recited. It’s not an issue for them. They are not disrespectful and I actually respect their actions more because they don’t remain seated, they don’t turn their backs (Look at me, look at me) and they don’t file complaints. They are simply individuals who don‘t agree or wish to recite the Pledge and don’t feel compelled to, but don’t make a fuss about it either.

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    • Border Fox
      Posted on December 23, 2010 at 9:37am

      Foreign nationals here often do as you say. Stand and show respect for the country but not being citizens, cannot recite the pledge. They would never be so disrespectful as to remain seated (unless unable to stand) or turn their backs.

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    • johnconnersmom
      Posted on December 23, 2010 at 10:41am

      JW’s also will stand out of respect but not recite due to their strong belief that allegiance to GOD is more important than allegiance to government. Government changes… Blind patriotism is not something I want to teach my children but I am also not interested in eliminating that right for others.

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    • WhiteFang
      Posted on December 23, 2010 at 2:36pm

      Jehovah’s Witnesses are respectful of what people will want to do in this regard. I have never seen them act in a disrespectful way when the pledge of allegiance is said. They just stand and keep silent. They are not complainers or trouble makers.

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on December 23, 2010 at 9:21am

    I’m sure they sing the National Anthem before a Red Sox game. Do they sign a release as they enter Fenway?

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    • Ken
      Posted on December 23, 2010 at 2:39pm

      I‘d say they don’t need a release form, except for the severe beat down anybody receives for not standing and removing their hat(s) for the National Anthem!

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  • Rob
    Posted on December 23, 2010 at 9:20am

    Time to thin the herd.

     
    • mdlwoods
      Posted on December 23, 2010 at 9:59am

      There are 2 ways to thin a herd: Kill out the ones you don’t want or, sell the ones you don’t want. I vote we sell all those ACLUer’s into slavery somewhere and perhaps they will then see and understand the freedoms we have in this great country and be grateful for the freedoms we have been guaranteed by our Constitution. I bet a short time in slavery would make them true conservatives very quickly!

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    • jColes
      Posted on December 23, 2010 at 10:33am

      Rob & MDLWoods…although ‘thinning the herd’ is viscerally appealing to me I just can’t get behind doing harm to those loons unless self-defense is involved; say they set loose their hordes of felon and public assistance recipient ckass arnt against us…then violence would be OK…I sure hope none of that ever happens.

      And as for selling them into slavery somewhere…who the heck would want any of that trash? …just look at most of their women and many of their gays: so ugly even sex slave traders wouldn’t pay 50-cents a pound for any of them… :-)

      I would like to open a hemp rope factory — I’ll ensure that each Progressive convicted of treason gets a new rope for his or execution…that‘s the least we can do considering all they’ve ‘contributed’ to the state of America today…

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  • JustACountryGirl
    Posted on December 23, 2010 at 9:20am

    Scary, I thought parents making decisions for their children was called “parenting.”

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    • DimmuBorgir
      Posted on December 23, 2010 at 9:32am

      exactly what i was thinking

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    • StonyBurk
      Posted on December 23, 2010 at 9:41am

      What outdated -bigotted thought- You sound just like some arrogant American Patriot. Why everybody schooled by the ACLU knows the American people are too stupid to parent their children It is in the
      catachism of the church of the Atheists,Communists, Liars Union.

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    • Alvin691
      Posted on December 23, 2010 at 10:21am

      Bump

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    • untameable-kate
      Posted on December 23, 2010 at 10:38am

      This is what happens in places like the UK and Greece where you wind up with these spoiled, selfish, stupid little brats who think it is ok to burn cars and throw rocks if they don’t get their way. Parents should parent and teachers should teach (the truth), Why does the administration think the parents are supposed to teach their kids the history of the pledge and not the teachers? Don’t they get paid to do that, or do their progressive socialist agendas prohibit it?

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    • EP46
      Posted on December 25, 2010 at 7:27am

      No No No….you ‘misunderstand’. Only the government can tell the little ones what to eat, read, and recite. They changed their mind because they did not want the parents to think they have a right to grant permission for a child , because parents have no place in the life of the child. If a parent gave permission, that would be giving power to the parent. Always look behind the smoke. Remember Cass Sunstein believes animals should have lawyers.

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  • wianno94
    Posted on December 23, 2010 at 9:16am

    Shoot first…****** later!

     
    • guyperram
      Posted on December 23, 2010 at 9:26am

      I just heard that a bunch of the teachers will not recite the plege. Anyone that does not feel comfortable with pledging their allegience to our country should not be in a position to teach our children. Period!

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    • DashRipRock
      Posted on December 23, 2010 at 9:40am

      I should have studied Medicine instead of Economics.

      Maybe I could have come up with a cure for liberalism.

      Or maybe only God can cure Liberalism and thats what liberals are afraid of.

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    • Stuck_in_CA
      Posted on December 23, 2010 at 9:42am

      SHAME ON YOU BLAZE!!! What’s with the disgusting advertisement?!?!

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    • suttonea76
      Posted on December 23, 2010 at 9:49am

      Ahh, great the ACLU lingers for yet another useless statement. I guess I will stop telling my child to do homework, eat their vegetables, respect their elders, clean up after themselves, say thank you when given something, brush their teeth, and so on and so on. So parenting is now an option? I guess so since the Michelle Obama is now telling our kids how to eat. FAIL!!! I hang a flag in my house for all to see regardless if they want to or not to let them know where I stand and I will be damned if my kid feels the need NOT to recite the pledge. Teach love for your country and respect for the founders and they will understand the importance to remind themselves daily in class why pledging one’s self to the flag is more than just words.

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    • beekeeper
      Posted on December 23, 2010 at 10:05am

      Interestingly, the School District policies online never changed to reflect any of this, AFAIK:

      http://www.brookline.k12.ma.us/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=211&Itemid=334

      Their old policy said it was optional, why did they go all “wee-wee” now and think permission slips were needed?

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    • Lantern
      Posted on December 23, 2010 at 10:06am

      Ok, Blaze, I am tired of seeing ads from Axe featuring pre-pubescent sexual innuendo, please stop this.
      Now. More nudging, then backing off from the Progs. Who needs permission slips, Muslims and atheists? The ACLU think it’s ridiculous for parents to make decisions for their children???? WTH?
      Who makes the decisions in the ACLU households? Must be holy hell there.

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    • Susan Harkins
      Posted on December 23, 2010 at 10:11am

      This occurred in a Massachusetts public school.

      No news here.

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    • TombstoneJim
      Posted on December 23, 2010 at 10:30am

      Amen

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    • snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
      Posted on December 23, 2010 at 10:52am

      @DashRipRock

      Indeed, only the freedom coming from the Almighty can cure the Progressives and the Liberals. We the People of America can act, guided by His wisdom, power and grace, to reclaim the land and set unto the great times ahead for our nation.

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    • snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
      Posted on December 23, 2010 at 10:54am

      This is the way we are winning the country back – each victory, small and large – by the people getting teed off enough to make the stand for what is Right and what is American. They push and nudge, we stand as a mass to push back.

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    • Cobra Blue
      Posted on December 23, 2010 at 10:55am

      As long as WE THE PEOPLE continue to just talk about what is happening to the country and fail to stand up and take action (reference the Founding Fathers 101), this will continue. Again…the Progressives in all areas of our society are no longer threatened by us. They have nothing to loose, because there is no visible threat to them or their actions. NOT EVEN AN ELECTION. The Progressives are emboldened like never before because they continue to win victory after victory after victory. And rest assured this will continue regardless of the any election. The power brokers behind the scenes have control and if anyone in Congress or the Senate takes a stand they will be crucified. Problem is we have no one in Washington with the character and conviction of the Founders. And that includes the band of new Republicans that will be arriving in January 2011. We the people of this country are the only one’s that can do this job. When the pain gets too great and we hate what is happening to the country more than we love our stuff and our cushy lifestyles and are willing to sacrifice our cushy lifestyles and all of our stuff (sacrifice is only sacrifice if it cost you something), then maybe…just maybe we will join together (not many but a few) and revolt. Until then stay tuned for the continued and systematic dismantling of the nation. Whether you want to admit it or not…the country we once knew if already gone. Note: At some point we will reach the point of no return where there is no getting the country back.

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    • Happy Killmore
      Posted on December 23, 2010 at 1:46pm

      Being a ******* is an incurable, terminal illness I’m afraid.

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    • NeoFan
      Posted on December 23, 2010 at 2:05pm

      Everyone complains about the schools and then every morning they send their kids to a Government School. If you are not home schooling your kids then you are keeping these cretins in control of what they get taught. Home School your Kids.

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    • CYCLONE
      Posted on December 23, 2010 at 2:05pm

      thanks for the links to the school… always a fun time threatening some commie, ******* with a gun up their a$$es

       
    • zman173rd
      Posted on December 23, 2010 at 7:31pm

      We went to the Christmas show for our kids grade school in Helena Montana. The VERY FIRST thing, The Principle called all the children who had parents in the military on stage and the entire audience stood and recited the Pledge of Allengiance. During the show you should have heard the cheers and whistles and claps when Jesus name was spoken. The same thing happened when the Star of David appeared. We still feel HIM here. There are still some limitations to what the public schools can do, but I think we do more now than in the past. All of you here, good men and women on both sides of the issues, God bless you and may he hold you in his arms, we hold you in our prayers.

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    • AmericanSoldier
      Posted on December 23, 2010 at 8:54pm

      Ahhh yes, let’s celebrate that a government institution can now force you to recite something. Great precedent your public pressure changed.

      Actually, I’m not surprised if they were pulling a reversal. Why would any of you small government types oppose putting the power of what the kids did in school in the hands of the parents. They wanted you to oppose this! It would easily set up precedent for it in the future.

      Good job for falling for it, Conservatives!

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    • Bluebonnet
      Posted on December 23, 2010 at 9:23pm

      IDIOTS. This is still America the last I heard. Fire teachers who will not lead the pledge.

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    • ATexasFan
      Posted on December 25, 2010 at 1:22pm

      What is happening to our country? We cannot pledge our allegiance to OUR flag? OUR country? Get a grip, and let’s tell the ACLU to GTH

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