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A Texas high school student has filed a federal lawsuit against her school and her teachers after she was punished for refusing to salute and recite the Mexican pledge of allegiance.
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The Thomas More Law Center filed the suit on behalf of Brenda Brinsdon alleging the McAllen Independent School District violated the 15-year-old girls constitutional rights when she was forced to recite the Mexican pledge and sing the Mexican national anthem.
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Brinsdon, who is the daughter of a Mexican immigrant and an American father, refused. She believed it was un-American to pledge a loyalty oath to another country.
Ironically, the school district has a policy that prohibits a school from compelling students to recite the American Pledge of Allegiance.
The district also has a written policy that excuses students from reciting text from the Declaration of Independence if the student as determined by the district, has a conscientious objection to the recitation.
There is a sad trend in public schools across our nation to undermine American patriotism, said Richard Thompson president of the Thomas More Law Center. But its encouraging to see students like Brenda stand up for America despite pressure from school officials.
The TMLC told Fox News the district ignored its own rules when Brinsdon refused to recite the pledge of a foreign country.
Whats most troubling is the different treatment for someone wanting to opt out of reciting the American Pledge of Allegiance compared to someone as a matter of conscience wants to opt out of reciting the Mexican pledge, spokesman Erin Mersino told Fox News.
A spokesman for the McAllen Independent School District told Fox News they had not seen a copy of the lawsuit.
The recitation of the Mexican pledge and the singing of the Mexican national anthem was part of a 2011 Spanish class assignment at Achieve Early College High School. The teacher, Reyna Santos, required all her students to participate in the lesson.
Sounds like the teacher ran out of ideas for her Spanish class. It was poor form on her part and it should be cut from her lesson plan and she should give the girl an apology.
Oh and btw, they recite the pledge of allegiance every day in that school
Sniff........sniff.............smells like bullshit.
Sniff........sniff.............smells like bullshit.
Then stop living in crap
Sniff........sniff.............smells like bullshit.
Sniff........sniff.............smells like bullshit.
Simple, the teacher should be fired.
No such thing as a bullshit lawsuit?
Sounds like the teacher ran out of ideas for her Spanish class. It was poor form on her part and it should be cut from her lesson plan and she should give the girl an apology.
Oh and btw, they recite the pledge of allegiance every day in that school
Simple, the teacher should be fired.
I think firing the teacher is a bit extreme.
Simple, the teacher should be fired.
I think firing the teacher is a bit extreme.
I don't. Not when the student offered to say the American Pledge in Spanish instead of the Mexican Pledge and the teacher refused. It's not like the girl just refused to do the assignment, she tried everything she could to make it right and the teacher refused. Any teacher that inflexible and that stupid should not be teaching. Forcing American Students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance of another country? If she had forced the students to say a prayer the ACLU would be all over the place trying to get that teacher fired.
No prayer in school...
No pledge of allegiance..
No wearing a shirt with the American flag on it.
A kid gets sent home because he had an American flag on his bike when he rode it to school....
Only in today's America would pledging our own flag be optional while pledging the Mexican flag mandetory...
just wow...
