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Someone was downvoted to hell for a comment, but it did make me think; can I refuse, as a kid in the US, to do the pledge? I cannot imagine having something lik
by tluyben2 5y ago
Someone was downvoted to hell for a comment, but it did make me think; can I refuse, as a kid in the US, to do the pledge? I cannot imagine having something like that where I was born; I think everyone + parents would've knocked it out of existence pretty much immediately, but can you, in the US, refuse to do it?
- trangus_1985 5y agoYes. The child may face penalties and disciplinary action, but if the school does that, the parents can sue and will win. It's happened many times now. It's a church/state and compelled speech issue. The ACLU loves picking up these kinds of cases because it's such a softball. IANAL
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y agoAt least when I was a kid and the whole "pledge" thing started happening, yeah you could skip it and no one did anything. However, I attended highschool in a very liberal town and the principal only ever played the anthem instead of the pledge anyway.
- pxc 5y agoyou can, but a lot of teachers and other adults in charge of watching and disciplining children are not aware that you can. So for a kid to successfully refuse, they or their parents need to be well-informed of their rights and willing to threaten the school with legal action
- southeastern 5y agoI never did. Altho I was a Muslim kid growing up post 9/11 so I think that played into it