G.S. Ed Week article #2

I got a little behind so I am doing two article reviews in a row.One of the articles I loved the most was "Pledge of Allegiance Debate Heard by Federal Court". The article basically said that the federal district court upheld the New Hampshire statute that states schools have the right to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. The Court stated that "teaching our country's history to the elementary and secondary pupils of this state does not have the effect of coercing children to support or participate in religion". I for one grew up reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. My thought is, and I am probably opening a can of worms here, that the Allegiance is a Pledge to love this country as one nation no matter what your religion. I was pleasantly surprised to see that at least in some schools the Pledge is still done...and that Court systems are not letting anyone take it away...it is a part of our history. As the teacher that I am doing my observations with stated, "we do the pledge of allegiance in this school, but the children are given the right to either stand and say it or politely sit and wait", I think thats fair. Just my opinion.