Мой сын не ходил в публичные школы, так что я и не знала об этом.

Вот сразу нагуглилось: Student Punished for Not Reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in Maryland | TakePart

и там есть the Supreme Court ruling: "The law is crystal clear that a public school cannot embarrass or harass a student for maintaining a respectful silence during the Pledge of Allegiance. “If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein,” the Supreme Court ruled famously in West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624, 642 (1943). "

"...Aside from the legalities, Rocah says, "the other thing that was egregious about this incident was that it wasn't simply an individual teacher who didn't know what he or she was doing. It was the assistant principal at the school who was berating this kid." ..."


Pledge of Allegiance in Schools: Not Required in These 5 States

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