Reply #54: And there are no lawful consequences, serious or otherwise, for not saying the Pledge at all.

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What there is is social pressure, sometimes overt or muted murmurs of disapproval and social castigation in some circles. So what. Anything beyond that is actionable.

I haven't said the Pledge for decades, partially for the under God nonsense, but mainly for the jinogoistic bullshit of reciting it even for a town board about to discuss sewer rates.

Two years ago, on the first day of school in fourth grade, my daughter came home and said her teacher, whose son was in Iraq, yelled at her for not reciting the Pledge.
This is in Pennsylvania which passed a law about ten years ago requiring the recitation in classrooms. The Third Circuit ruled it unconstitutional.

We called the teacher, met with her and discussed it. Issue resolved. That was the consequence in that case. Even consequences have consequences of their own.

I agree with You. Why not fight back?