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Article: Supreme Court declines Pledge of Allegiance case.(United States Supreme Court)(USA)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- October 5, 2009
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Byline: Warren Richey Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
Washington -- A Florida teenager has lost his bid to have the US Supreme Court decide whether students in public schools have a First Amendment right to refuse to stand and repeat the Pledge of Allegiance.
The underlying lawsuit did not challenge the content of the Pledge. Instead, at issue was a Florida law that requires all public-school students, Grades K-12, to stand and repeat the Pledge, unless excused in writing by a parent.
The law was passed in 1942 and had apparently gone unchallenged until December 2005. That's when Cameron Frazier, a junior, arrived for his ...