If you stop and think about it, these views relate to the question in many ways. The boundary of personal freedom is crossed when you coerce someone to participate in an act such as this. In 1943 there was a court case, West Virginia State Board of Education vs. Barnette and after that case the Supreme Court now prohibits public schools from requiring students to pledge the flag. This case came about when Jehovah's Witnesses decided that their religion forbi

Well, now that you hear one side of it, let me give you my views. I feel that with our country under attack people should be doing everything they can to show patriotism. A month after the attack, October 11, there was an idea that every school across the nation should salute the flag at 2 o'clock, needless to say there were two school districts that prohibited their schools from participating due to students religious beliefs. What about that 90% of students whose religious beliefs are in God and in their country? Is it fair for them not to be able to participate? The whole controversy is over the addition of "under God" which was added during the Cold War and McCarty's era of an anti-atheist society. The part that really gets me is the fact that Breene Elementary School in Los Angeles, California was forced to remove a quote made by President George W. Bush, "God Bless America" from their marquee in fear that it may offend students that do not believe in God. I am personally offended by the removal of this quote and I am offend

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