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An Atlanta charter school announced Tuesday that students would no longer recite the Pledge of Allegiance every morning, and administrators are looking to replace it with an alternate “school pledge.”

A five-year-old boy with cerebral palsy brought his father to tears after the boy overcame his obstacles to recite the Pledge of Allegiance.

A Colorado teacher is on paid administrative leave after being accused of assaulting a student who allegedly refused to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.

American Atheists joined forces with a Texas high school student and are suing the school district and her teachers. The high schooler claims she was harassed because she would not say the Pledge of Allegiance. The atheists and the girl’s lawyer assert that school officials have infringed upon her constitutional rights.

An elementary school teacher in Littleton, Massachusetts, is facing criticism from students and parents for taking a knee as her students recited the Pledge of Allegiance on Thursday.

A six-year-old out of Pasco County, FL followed what he saw in the NFL over the weekend by kneeling during the Pledge of Allegiance, and his mother is now upset that he was forced to stand. While a few players in the

A Detroit-area teacher has been placed on leave for allegedly using physical force to make an 11-year-old student stand during the Pledge of Allegiance.

A group of 200 locals expressed their displeasure during the opening prayer and Pledge of Allegiance at Sen. Bill Cassidy’s (R-Louisiana) town hall in Louisiana Wednesday night, Independent Journal Review (IJR.) reported.

SANTA MONICA — Left-wing organizers refused a request to recite the Pledge of Allegiance during a “Resist Trump” meeting on Sunday sponsored by MoveOn.org to plan protests against the President-elect.

People near the press seating taunted and jeered at members of the media after they noticed some members refusing to stand and honor the anthem and pledge. Many invoked the sacrifice of our military and wondered if the media members were taking the lead of San Francisco 49er backup quarterback Colin Kaepernick.

Inspired by San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, a Texas fifth grade student takes a knee to protest the U.S. National Anthem at her middle school during the daily recitation of the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance.

A Texas fifth grader has decided to kneel during the Pledge of Allegiance at her middle school in protest of the national anthem.

A photo of a Texas kindergartner praying and reciting the Pledge of Allegiance has gone viral after his mother posted the photo on Facebook.

A Florida school district is inviting parents to excuse their children from reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.

CLEVELAND, Ohio —“Donald Trump is the nominee of the Republican Party. I will be voting for Donald Trump in November, and I will urge my fellow Americans to do the same,” former major Ted Cruz supporter Tony Perkins declared to the assembled delegates at the Republican National Convention Thursday night.

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, said Sunday on CNN that according to local law enforcement sources, Orlando nightclub shooter Omar Mateen made a “pledge of allegiance” to ISIS prior to killing 50 people and wounding 53 others during Sunday morning’s attack at the Pulse night club.

In an interesting media twist, the Daily Beast has suggested that atheists calm down over the motto “In God We Trust” printed on U.S. currency, since in reality it is just one of a plethora of religious symbols of all

A 15-year-old student at Ansonia High School in Connecticut allegedly said “ISIS” (Islamic State/ISIL) instead of “United States” when reciting the Pledge of Allegiance

Longtime Democratic Rep. Jim McDermott of Washington state is announcing his retirement.

The school board for PS 169 in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, overturned a radical decision to ban the Pledge of Allegiance, Thanksgiving, and Santa Claus.

A school in upstate New York has apologized for reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in Arabic after complaints from district residents who lost family members in the Afghanistan war.

New Jersey high school senior Samantha Jones has won a court challenge to keep “one nation under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance, defeating an effort by the American Humanist Association to remove the language from the pledge.

Thursday at the Profession Services Council in Arlington, VA, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson told the story of once forgetting the pledge of allegiance. “We said the pledge of allegiance here,” Johnson recounted. “I know the pledge of