Chiroptera writes:
What was removed was mandatory recitement and official endorsement.
On a somewhat related note: I presume that there is still "official endorsement" of the Pledge of Allegiance, but what if a student wanted to opt out of reciting it?
Once, when I working for the federal government, a co-worker solemnly informed me that I
must have taken an oath of allegiance to the quuen to get the job. I have no recollection of ever having done so - and it doesn't seem like anything I would do.
("Save the mad cow, but get her picture off our money.")
Nationality is (often) an accident of birth. Does freedom of speech extend to the right to not pledge allegiance to something you don't believe in?
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