Fifth grader protected by First Amendment in refusing to recite Pledge of Allegiance
An Arkansas fifth grade student thought that the discrimination against gays showed that there was not “liberty and justice for all” so he refused to recite the pledge of allegiance to the flag and stuck to his position through pressure from a teacher and his peers. The school district said under a 1943 Supreme Court decision that the boy was within his rights to stay seated during the pledge. -DB First Amendment Center Opinion November 11,