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Texas Attorney General Defends Law Forcing Kids To Stand For Pledge Of Allegiance [View all]
Source: Huffington Post
POLITICS 09/26/2018 04:53 pm ET
Texas Attorney General Defends Law Forcing Kids To Stand For Pledge Of Allegiance
Ken Paxton says he’s watching out for parental rights by intervening in a lawsuit over a student who refused to stand.
By Nina Golgowski
The Texas attorney general has jumped into a Houston area lawsuit to defend a state law that requires schoolchildren to participate in the Pledge of Allegiance unless a parent or guardian opts them out.
State Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Tuesday that his office has moved to intervene in the suit brought on behalf of former Windfern High School student India Landry last year.
Landry, then 17, accused the Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District and several of its officials of violating her First Amendment rights when they suspended her for refusing to stand during the pledge.
Amid nationwide protests over race relations and police brutality in America, Landry, who is black, said she took issue with this line in the pledge: “With liberty and justice for all.”
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Texas Attorney General Defends Law Forcing Kids To Stand For Pledge Of Allegiance
Ken Paxton says he’s watching out for parental rights by intervening in a lawsuit over a student who refused to stand.
By Nina Golgowski
The Texas attorney general has jumped into a Houston area lawsuit to defend a state law that requires schoolchildren to participate in the Pledge of Allegiance unless a parent or guardian opts them out.
State Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Tuesday that his office has moved to intervene in the suit brought on behalf of former Windfern High School student India Landry last year.
Landry, then 17, accused the Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District and several of its officials of violating her First Amendment rights when they suspended her for refusing to stand during the pledge.
Amid nationwide protests over race relations and police brutality in America, Landry, who is black, said she took issue with this line in the pledge: “With liberty and justice for all.”
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Read more: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/texas-attorney-general-pledge-of-allegiance_us_5baba04ce4b082030e773395
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