<p>until there really is “liberty and justice for all.”</p>
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<p>Since I was a high school student, I haven’t said the last line, “with liberty and justice for all” because it isn’t yet true.</p>
<p>i bet that kid has a lot of friends…</p>
<p>Glad to see fifth graders are reading the paper. </p>
<p>I wonder if this is really “Will’s father’s” agenda. An appearance on a morning talk show…not bad way to get their 15 minutes.</p>
<p>I have been skipping “under God” since at least 3rd grade. </p>
<p>I heard this story on the Daily Show, including a taped interview. I was impressed by the kid’s sincerity and maturity. (I got no “balloon boy” type vibes at all)</p>
<p>I remember one kid in my D’s class who did not pledge allegiance to the flag for religious reasons. Once I found out why, it was OK by me.</p>
<p>No one in my school says the Pledge of Allegiance except the principal and some of the teachers.</p>
<p>The students? We haven’t said it since elementary school.</p>
<p>I can’t say I agree with most of the content of the pledge, so I’m just not going to say it. I don’t believe it’s true. </p>
<p>I applaud this kid. He’s really bold to stand up for what he believes in at such a young age. Very mature. =)</p>
<p>I was in a “stage” in high school and my mother had to go meet with the principal because I wouldn’t say the Pledge. Not sure exactly what my issue was at the time…</p>
<p>I never say the pledge of allegiance. It seems a little odd, almost like we’re worshiping a flag.</p>
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<p>I skipped that part in middle school too. It wasn’t part of the original pledge anyway.</p>
<p>Good for that kid for taking a stand in what he believes in.</p>
<p>LMAO at the interview. Obviously scripted speech and the kid is nervous as hell</p>
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<p>I totally agree, and for that reason will not say the pledge. Honestly, there’s not much I’d pledge allegiance to, anyway; things change, people change, and I do not give blind obedience to anything or anyone.</p>
<p>I love this kid. Good for him!</p>
<p>^ me too, good for him. I know quite a few kids, including one of my own, who took various stands on principle. It takes guts to be different in middle school, regardless of your ‘cause’.</p>
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<p>Not to mention that some of the kids in your school probably aren’t U.S. citizens. So they’re worshiping someone else’s flag.</p>
<p>It kind of annoys me when people don’t say the pledge, I mean really, this is the most free country in the world, so where else would you rather go?</p>
<p>I say most of the pledge but skip the prayer (Catholic school). Don’t mind this particular line, it’s probably the best thing in there.</p>
<p>The original wording is good:
“I pledge allegiance to my flag and the republic for which it stands: one nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all.”</p>
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<p>Why do you assume people want to leave the US just because they don’t want to say the pledge? Most little kids don’t even know what the pledge means, thus the jokes about “this country for Richard Stands.” </p>
<p>It was just invented to sell flags anyway (which are probably made in China these days!)</p>
<p>There are two girls in my school who never stand for the pledge, both very open lesbians. The one is nice, the other is just annoying. So based on that, this kid is 100% gay and has a 50% chance of being annoying.</p>