Child Refuses to Speak the Pledge Due to Unequal Rights For Gays

[El Roranous]

https://www.parentdish.com/2009/11/13/student-braves-controversy-refuses-to-recite-pledge/

Doesn't really seem like it was entirely his idea but still Kudos to him as now maybe this will spur some others to think. I love rebellion.

 

[Cloud]

I was an atheist in high school so I never said the pledge either. "One nation, under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all." But nobody noticed that I kept my mouth shut so it didn't turn into a hullabaloo like this. But then I don't live in the Bible Belt so even if they did notice they wouldn't have cared.

 

[galactiboy]

I always thought it was interesting that "Under God" wasn't part of the pledge until 1954... like somehow as time marched on we became less inclusive

BTW, Politics + Religion =

 

[Voorhees27]

I always thought it was interesting that "Under God" wasn't part of the pledge until 1954... like somehow as time marched on we became less inclusive

BTW, Politics + Religion =

That kid is a total Gaywad

 

[pixletwin]

Meh.. who cares?

 

[The Ween]

There ya go daddy! You got your 15 minutes of fame!


NEXT!

 

[galactiboy]

Meh.. who cares?

We all should Pix, we all should... why do you think we have 24 hour news networks? I expect at least 5 hours of in depth analysis and discussion (w/diagrams of the classroom and proximity of the children to the flag) before this story dies

 

[Eli26]

There ya go daddy! You got your 15 minutes of fame!


NEXT!

It's not always about that dorkus malorkus. People who assume make an ASS out of, well U.

There is no ME in there.

The kid skipped one grade and he seemed very legit in his thoughts.

Besides, what parent would truly put their child through that kind of ridicule and be happy about it?

He's proud of the kid, and gay or not, he's standing up for his rights.

 

[ProgMatinee]

kid probably wants equal rights for gays because his older brothers call his cartoons and music "gay" all the time.

 

[LChinoz]

kid probably wants equal rights for gays because his older brothers call his cartoons and music "gay" all the time.

or maybe because he knows they are human beings

 

[Devil_666]

My son's school has an entirely different morning pledge that has to do with trying hard and doing your best. Not the standard, old school pledge we used to do when I was in Elementary school. From my understanding that pledge was banned from the majority or ALL of the schools out here in S.F.

 

[ProgMatinee]

or maybe because he knows they are human beings

ok.....usually the argument hinges on whether certain things are "rights" or "privledges", not whether gays are humans.

As for the pledge, I don't see the point in making kids do the pledge. I also don't see the point in preventing kids from praying if they want to either.

 

[hairlesswookiee]

There ya go daddy! You got your 15 minutes of fame!


NEXT!

I agree. Good for the kid for standing up for himself, does it need to be all over the media??? Hell no.

 

[The Ween]

It's not always about that dorkus malorkus. People who assume make an ASS out of, well U.

There is no ME in there.

The kid skipped one grade and he seemed very legit in his thoughts.

Besides, what parent would truly put their child through that kind of ridicule and be happy about it?

He's proud of the kid, and gay or not, he's standing up for his rights.

You're kidding.......right?

I don't see where I made an ass of myself, but I'd rather be the ass than the hole.

 

[pixletwin]

Ween pwned eli.

 

[wofford29]

What a pretentious little snot. He's destined to fail in life.

 

[ProgMatinee]

destined to be another utopian liberal on life support. I mean welfare.

 

[LChinoz]

ok.....usually the argument hinges on whether certain things are "rights" or "privledges", not whether gays are humans.

Do you think all American human beings should have the same rights, excluding of course criminals?

destined to be another utopian liberal on life support. I mean welfare.

Seriously?

 

[ProgMatinee]

Do you think all American human beings should have the same rights, excluding of course criminals?



re: "rights", define what a "right" is and what a "privledge" is, and then we can go from there.

 

[cr0w]

Besides, what parent would truly put their child through that kind of ridicule and be happy about it?