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10-Year-Old Won't Pledge Allegiance To A Country That Discriminates Against Gays

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“I’ve always tried to analyze things because I want to be lawyer,” Will said. “I really don’t feel that there’s currently liberty and justice for all.”

After asking his parents whether it was against the law not to stand for the pledge, Will decided to do something. On Monday, Oct. 5, when the other kids in his class stood up to recite the pledge of allegiance, he remained sitting down. The class had a substitute teacher that week, a retired educator from the district, who knew Will’s mother and grandmother. Though the substitute tried to make him stand up, he respectfully refused. He did it again the next day, and the next day.
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    Ehhh… I got a good feeling about it. Lemme throw in five bucks on that bet for optimism’s sake.
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    I’ll bet you in five years this kid will be just as apathetic and disenchanted with making things happen as the rest of...
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    Kid you’re THE BOSS.
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    good for him! i stopped saying the pledge when i was 12 for roughly the same reasons.
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    I bet you that kid will grow up and help change occur.
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    i stopped doing the allegiance in high school for similar reasons. let me just say in this insanely right-wing county...
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    this is so neat!
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    i wish i had the ovaries to do that at ten years old.
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    At the end of our interview, I ask young Will a question that might be a civics test nightmare for your average...
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    kids make idiot adults feel the shame they deserve to feel.
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    stories like this remind me that kids are amazing.
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    A good article worth reading. Well done Kid.
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    best thing i’ve ever heard! missworld:tanya77:soupsoup: “I’ve always tried to analyze things because I want to be...
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    (vonnnegut / geographical / applescrufff / pirouettes / youidiot / soupsoup)
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    applescrufff:pirouettes:youidiot:soupsoup: “I’ve always tried to analyze things because I want to be lawyer,” Will said....
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    This kid is my hero
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    May youth like this grow to be our leaders tomorrow.
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    adopt him but clearly...are doing something right.
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    I haven’t stood for the pledge since elementary school and this is the first year I’ve ever had a teacher be mad at me...
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    soupsoup “I’ve always tried to analyze things because I want to be lawyer,” Will said. “I really don’t feel that there’s...
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    Fucking awesome!
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    If this were my child, I would be so fucking proud of him. Also, if the principal called me in because of this, I would...
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    Making the mother-fucking NOISE.
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    Children are our future. God bless them and America.
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    i would say i want to adopt him but clearly his parents are doing something right.
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    applescrufff:pirouettes:youidiot:soupsoup: “I’ve always tried to analyze things because I want to be lawyer,” Will said....
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    I read this, thinking it was going to take the typical turn (espcially for a school out of AK) but the last line made me...
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    You know how sometimes a little kid can totally be your hero? Yeah, like that.
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    This boy gives me hope.
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