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Originally posted by spinningfetus
I have heard conflicting information on whether teachers were required to say the pledge and I was wondering if someone could point me in the direction of a difinitive answer. The reason I ask is when I subbed a couple of years ago they made it seem like I had to, and being that my parents taught in the same district I didn't want to press the point but now I want to know for sure.
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my mother is a teacher in a middle school in northern maryland, and (although im sure they want her to) she is not FORCED to say the pledge, as it is a violation of her religion, and therefore it would be unconstitutional for the school to require her to say it. in the statement that sycamore made about particular states having laws saying that school officials are required they lead students in the pledge, if it goes against a school officials religion, id be willing to bet that they do not have to say it. this actually has come up in court cases many times in the past (i am most familiar with cases involving jehovah's witnesses, my mom's religion) with both students and teachers. and it was always (to the best of my knowledge) deemed unconstitutional to force a person to recite the pledge if it is against their religion. with jehovah's witnesses, as i stated in my previous post, it is because the pledge is seen as flag worship, and their god has said that they should worship nothing but himself. i dont have any links to any stories or anything to back this up, but i can locate some if there is interest.