NEWSMAX: A 15-year-old Texas high school student says he was suspended Thursday and Friday for refusing to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance in a silent protest of government spying.
“I’m really tired of our government taking advantage of us,” Needville High School sophomore Mason Michalec told KHOU.com…
He told the station he’d been sitting out the Pledge for most of the year, but ran into flak when a different teacher was at the head of the room…. (more)
EDITOR: We have never questioned standing for the national anthem as a sign of respect and solidarity, but since high school days we have always felt somewhat awkward about having to repeat again and again a pledge for which so many of us, if circumstances warranted, are prepared to give our lives. And what is the point of a mandatory pledge anyway?
Of course that isn’t the issue here. But it is good to know there is one student in Texas reflecting on the meaing of the ‘pledge’ and willing to question the establishment, even if it means being punished.
He is likely to grow up to be an outstanding citizen, Democrat or Republican.
