DAMASCUS, MD - Despite free speech guarantees in the Bill of Rights, state law, and in the Montgomery County School System's Regulations, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Maryland once again is having to take action on behalf of a student in Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) who was repeatedly harassed and intimidated by teachers and an assistant principal for declining to stand while the Pledge of Allegiance (Pledge) is recited. This incident is the fourth time the ACLU has contacted Montgomery County Public Schools concerning students' rights to decline to participate in the Pledge of Allegiance since 2005, and the fifth such occurrence reported to us from Montgomery County in the same time period.
http://www.aclu-md.org/press_room/128
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
ACLU DEFENDS MONTGOMERY COUNTY STUDENT HARASSED FOR NOT STANDING FOR PLEDGE
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