ESM student: Teacher berated me for sitting for Pledge of Allegiance [View all]

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ESM senior Leah Hobson, who says she was berated for not standing during the Pledge of Allegiance in her school. (Submitted photo)

By Elizabeth Doran | [e-mail]
on October 30, 2015 at 2:26 PM, updated October 30, 2015 at 11:25 PM

An East Syracuse Minoa high school senior said she was berated in class by her teacher after she refused to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance with the other students.

Leah Hobson, 17, said the health teacher called her "disrespectful" and "selfish" because she chose to sit during the pledge Oct. 20. She says he used profanities while scolding her and singled her out in front the class.

Hobson said when she pointed out the Supreme Court ruling that upholds students' right to abstain from the pledge, he told her "I don't care about the law."

She said she never stands for or recites the pledge because she objects to the "under God" phrase.

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