National Anthem
Law
Responses: 2
1
1
0
I didn't read the whole thing. When I was in school, it was mandatory to stand for the pledge. We didn't have to say it, but you still had to stand.
(1)
(0)
1
1
0
Without getting wrapped around the axle over the student's use of her cell phone and subsequent refusal to surrender it ... IMV there is no excuse for not standing for the pledge to the flag. One does not have to put a hand over one's heart ... one does not have to recite the pledge ... but one should show respect to those who do by standing. It is the decent and polite thing to do ... just as standing for another country's national anthem when it is played is the decent and polite thing to do. This girl will probably win a bunch of taxpayer dollars because the principal didn't handle it very well ... but she's the loser nonetheless.
(1)
(0)
MAJ Bryan Zeski
The thing is, you don't have to have an "excuse" to exercise rights. NOT standing for the flag, or the pledge, or prayer, is a right. People get wrapped around the axel when others ask for a "reason" or "excuse" that people want to carry guns and proclaim that we don't NEED a reason - it's a RIGHT! Same principle applies here - the student doesn't need a reason or "excuse" to exercise her right to NOT stand.
Decent and polite things to do are irrelevant when we're talking about "rights."
Decent and polite things to do are irrelevant when we're talking about "rights."
(2)
(0)
LTC (Join to see)
I agree with both Capt Gregory Prickett and MAJ Bryan Zeski that you don't HAVE to have an excuse to not stand for the pledge to the flag. I simply pointed out that there is no excuse for not doing so ... and that doing so (standing) is the decent and polite thing to do. There is nothing in the Constitution that requires one to be decent and polite either ... obviously.
(1)
(0)
Read This Next
Continue with Facebook 
Continue with Google