Rob Boston speaks on The Pledge

Senior Policy Analyst for Americans United for Separation of Church and State discusses the importance of informing school children of their right to respectfully refuse to recite the pledge of allegiance in the public school system.

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[thundergunn]

Most people haven't a clue about the history of the pledge. When I tell people that the author was a socialist minister named Francis Bellamy and he wrote the pledge without any reference to God, I'm called a liar.

[L571J]

Wow, Robert mopped the floor with that anchor! I mean, he just demolished him!!!

[saint27573]

and you claim christians are trying to silence people but its folks like you that support hate crimes bills that would infact silence christians from speaking ! but in bizzaro world you would seems to know what your actually saying . how do you feel about sharia-law ? do you even know what it is ? do you know what it would mean for women ? im thinking you dont have a clue .

[saint27573]

@kathy160 i can tell by your comment that you are clueless about who is trying to silence other religions , and the hate you say seems to be coming from people like you .i wonder why no one ever says anything about islams killing christians in sudan and making slave of them ,of how american sailors were kidnapped killed and made slaves in tripoli by muslims in the 1700s , long before we had a middle-east policy, search the naval act of 1794 muslims killing christians ! but you knew that right???

[AABREU80]

BYE BYE BUDDY. Come back when you have another 12 complaints in a school district of about 35000 CHILDREN!!

[AABREU80]

Your bringing up facts about 1943? COME ON MAN!!!

[Arcexey]

I'll give you the final word here and I've gotta run. Just kidding. I'm going to make a final word after your final word which actually gives me the final word.

[kathy160]

the problem is the christian religion in UNITED states. they have the tea gagger party now. and they always say its a christian nation cause of our founding fathers... they are trying to silence all other religions in this country.... i hate religion but i see its christians that give more hate than the bs love they claim.

[kathy160]

fox news loves a god of republican brainwashing system. i remember in elementary school. a jehovah witness friend of mine said i cant sing to this cause my parents said dont. and there was a muslim classmate also that sat in the corner during the antehem time at 9am .he wore a rag on his head. but i rememeber the teacher saying why arent you singing???? you people are a disgrace to america..... fact is their will always be a problem in america without real freedom.

[Vespasian76]

@shannon123933 There is no prohibition on students praying in public schools on their own time, if it is not disruptive. Schools can even teach courses in the Bible as literature or include it in a history of religion class - they just can't teach religion or attempt to proselytize. Many people who push for required prayer in schools are not satisfied with this and want to misrepresent the state of the law.