An Arab American 8th grader in Plymouth, Michigan, was berated by a teacher earlier this year for refusing to stand for the ...
From the column: "Debating the meaning of allegiance to a flag does nothing to alleviate ISD 709’s declining enrollment." ...
North Dakota lawmakers are also looking at the Pledge of Allegiance bill that was heavily amended before passing the house.
Pledge of Allegiance told she should ‘go back to your country’ by teacher - Danielle Khalaf, 14, a student at East Middle ...
THOMASVILLE — A Thomasville City Council member who did not stand Monday for the pledge of allegiance to the American flag said she would feel like a hypocrite to do so. At the beginning of each ...
in place of a blind Pledge of Allegiance, we could all sing along with Woody Guthrie’s ‘This Land is Your Land,’ or we could recite an Ojibwe hymn, or we could even raise the flag of the ...
After the pledge was over, the teacher addressed the class and said that anyone that was sitting down was being very disrespectful.' ...
the Arab American Civil Rights League said (Getty Images/iStockphoto) “Danielle was exercising her constitutional right when she chose to remain seated during the Pledge of Allegiance.