Comments on: Pledge of Allegiance Suspension: Maybe homeschooling is the better choice in Yahooland, Minnesota https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/05/09/pledge-of-allegiance-suspensio/ Sat, 10 May 2008 08:47:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Stephanie Z https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/05/09/pledge-of-allegiance-suspensio/#comment-7792 Sat, 10 May 2008 08:47:02 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/05/09/pledge-of-allegiance-suspensio/#comment-7792 For those who want to have their say in online polls:http://www.startribune.com/polls/18800959.html

]]> By: Cherish https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/05/09/pledge-of-allegiance-suspensio/#comment-7791 Fri, 09 May 2008 22:18:09 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/05/09/pledge-of-allegiance-suspensio/#comment-7791 At least it was Minnesota and not North Dakota…

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Fourteen-year-old Bishop Edens says the principal told the students it was disrespectful to sit during the pledge, especially with American troops fighting in Iraq.

Because it is so disrespectful to exercise your freedoms while our brave men and women in uniform are abroad fighting for our freedoms.

]]> By: Joshua Zelinsky https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/05/09/pledge-of-allegiance-suspensio/#comment-7789 Fri, 09 May 2008 20:00:30 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/05/09/pledge-of-allegiance-suspensio/#comment-7789 This isn’t even a complicated situation. Sigh. The amazing lack of understanding about what this country stands for in the context of the pledge is breathtaking.Incidentally, “taht students and during the pledge” should probably read “that students stand during the pledge.”

]]> By: Logical Extremes https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/05/09/pledge-of-allegiance-suspensio/#comment-7788 Fri, 09 May 2008 18:18:30 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/05/09/pledge-of-allegiance-suspensio/#comment-7788 Here’s how we should handle the Pledge (and the moment of silence):http://logicalextremes.blogspot.com/2008/04/moment-of-silence-for-pledge-of.html

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