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Maryland Teacher Orders Student Escorted From Classroom By Police After Refusal to Say the Pledge of Allegiance

A Montgomery County Middle School teacher had a 13-year-old girl escorted from the classroom after she refused to say the Pledge of Allegiance in clear violation of federal law.

Since 1943, it has been clear that children cannot be forced to say the pledge.

The school has apologized, but I am equally concerned about a position taken with the parents that has not been denounced by the school: that the school would refuse to meet with the parents if they brought an attorney. The family said that the school was adamant that, if a lawyer was present, they would not agree to a meeting. It is an outrageous policy designed to force people to forego legal counsel and I would like to know the legal and policy basis for such a rule.

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873 thoughts on “Maryland Teacher Orders Student Escorted From Classroom By Police After Refusal to Say the Pledge of Allegiance”

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  7. MONTESANO, Wash. (AP) – Authorities believe a Washington man was killed by accidentally urinating on a downed power line after a car crash.

    Grays Harbor County sheriff’s Deputy Dave Pimentel (PIM’-en-tel) said Monday 50-year-old Roy Messenger was not seriously hurt after he collided with a power pole Friday and called a relative to pull his car from a ditch.

    However, family members found Messenger electrocuted when they arrived.

    Pimentel says Messenger apparently urinated into a roadside ditch but didn’t see the live wire. The urine stream likely served as a conductor, allowing the electricity to reach his body.

    Pimentel says there will be an autopsy but burn marks indicated the way the electricity traveled through Messenger’s body.

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    That’s what your mom said too.

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