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Gosh, these kids are gonna deserve the Purple Heart for standing up for America before they even get to College or the military!
"Ironically, the school district has a policy that prohibits a school from compelling students to recite the American Pledge of Allegiance."
Once again, liberal situational hypocrisy abounds in (what's left of) the American educational system. :-(
There was a time in our country when this would have been considered as treasonous and seditious. Why is it ok now? Americans have gotten comfortable and fallen asleep on the couch with a Little Debbie cake in one hand and a Big Gulp in the other, watching "Glee" to fill their brains with sewage.
"The lawsuit states Brinsdon offered to recite the American pledge in Spanish but the teacher refused her request."
So it had nothing at all to do with learning Spanish and everything to do with the teacher's allegiance to Mexico. I say grant the teacher's request by revoking her US citizenship and giving her a one-way ticket to Mexico. I've never understood why they come here or stay here if they prefer their home country.
What possible conscientious objection to the recitation of the Declaration of Independence of the country that is giving you a free education ?
"She believed it was un-American to pledge a loyalty oath to another country."
DING DING DING! She wins the prize!
A pledge of allegiance is serious. If you do it so flippantly, it just proves that you don't know what it means. I will not bow my knee to any man, nor pledge allegiance to any other nation. I am glad Ms. Brinsdon understands!
McAllen aint mexico so quit with the foreign pledge but it will be the bread basket of Texas once we ditch the lame ones who keep printing money.
2011 Spanish class assignment .....??????
oh really...............I applaud the girl for standing up but come on, 2 years and now you are suing??
we have way tooooooooo many lawyers
Right after we nuke everything muslim in the Mideast, Mexico should be next on the list!
Excellent. I hope she wins.
Have you ever heard of nonsense like this? Pledging allegiance to a foreign government?
Fire this teacher. Now.
Forcing students to pledge allegiance to a foreign power is not just unconstitutional, but also grounds for charges of treason.
No, its not. Reciting a foreign pledge of allegiance is not levying war against the United States or aiding the enemies of the United States. Article three, Section three of the US Constitution. I'm so thankful that the Founders were wise enough to include the treason clause.
Something tells me you would have a problem with a student being forced to recite the American Pledge of Alliance though...
It would be wrong then. I proudly recited the pledge everyday in school and followed it up with an enlistment in the USAF and tours in Saudi Arabia and the Republic of Korea. And just to be clear, I think we should have prayer and bible study courses in our schools
Simply reciting is not, I agree. Yet that is not what has happened here. A student was forced and punished when she refused. You cannot force an American citizen to pledge allegiance to a foreign power.
Her actions foolish, misguided or not are that of an agent of a foreign power, attempting to propagandize our children on behalf of said foreign power. It doesn't matter if that power is Mexico, China, or Russia. I concede her actions don't fall under the category of high treason, Yet it is treason.
Treason
1. Violation of allegiance toward one's country or sovereign
2. A betrayal of trust or confidence.
But trying to isn't treason. That's my point. Treason is a serious charge. And a traitor deserves nothing less than a long fall stopped by a short rope. But throwing around the charge of treason with so little thought diminishes the power of the word. waters it down. Soon enough, jaywalking will be treason. It's ridiculous and irresponsible. There are real traitors out there. People who sell secrets to our enemies. People who fight alongside the Jihadists who want to kill us all. But a misguided spanish teacher is not a traitor. An idiot, I'll concede to, but not a traitor.
Man, what is up with Texas? It's got to be one of the biggest liberty loving states, but it also has some creepy stuff coming out of it. Texas can not become a blue state, but looking at the last election map, all the border counties (surprise!) are quickly changing to blue.
Too many occupants who came here, not for freedom and opportunity, who have no intention of becoming citizens. Add to that, encouragement by their government, in collusion with our own, to take advantage of all the social services. The U.S. has become Mexico's health, education and welfare agency.
Indeed. Well said.
Read THEIR immigration laws. If WE did what they do ANY Mexican citizen could report us, we'd be imprisoned, not just held for deportation.
Exactly. Try sneaking across the southern Mexico border from South America and watch what happens to you.
Hmm. I wonder why they have a law against the DofI? Is it because of that acknowledgement of the deity?
She should get an award. If I had money enough, she would not have to worry about college tuition.
This is disgusting. We have students who won't stand, won't recite the pledge and barely acknowledge they live in the United States. We can't force or admonish or shame any student for refusing to even stand while the Pledge to the American flag is being recited, yet this school, and namely this teacher admonishes, punishes and then fails the student for refusing to pledge allegiance to another country. Another reason we need to secure our borders and send these malcontents to whatever country they feel they should live. To He..double hockey sticks with this and every liberal teacher that places the value of another country over ours. If this liberal teacher loves Mexico that much, they should take their sorry self there and pledge allegiance to that country and pray the Mexican Cartel doesn’t take this teacher outside and make an example of them.
The girl's family needs to sue that teacher personally. Go after her personally. Otherwise she will be protected and get a wink-and-a-nod from the school district & teacher's union. They MUST punish this student's teacher.
No person should be forced to pledge allegiance to a foreign flag (or any flag) against their will. This girl is a hero for refusing and standing her ground on principle.
South Texas on the border of Mexico. Majority are illegals and welfare recipients. What a travesty. The border is more secure than it has ever been according to our president. B.S.
This is BS but this one girl is the only one who has come forward with this? There should be a student body walk out in protest!! I get it's a Spanish speaking class but Spanish came from Spain not Mexico! That entire lesson should be thrown out!
"The lawsuit states Brinsdon offered to recite the American pledge in Spanish but the teacher refused her request."
I'm loving this girl already. She can and should parlay this into something beneficial to both her and her country.
Her problem is that she doesn't take her citizenship for granted as does the teacher and school officials. Too many Americans don't realize that the rest of the world does not play nice when you speak against the govt.
Declining her offer to recite the American pledge in Spanish tells the tale. This teacher should be reprimanded, at the very least. Sure hope Brinsdon wins her lawsuit.
Granted it's been many years ago, but we learned how to say the American pledge in spanish when I was in school. No one tried to coerce us into pledging allegiance to another country or symbol.
Where is Governor Perry?
If we are going to give the southern tip of Texas to Mexico, then redraw the map. Otherwise take control.
There are many enclaves of radical Leftists throughout Texas. Thank goodness Texes is a big State.
Pamela Gellar did many articles/blogs on Rick Perry's Islam issues. http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2011/08/pamela-geller-american-thinker-rick-perry-the-stealth-jihad-candidate.html
I think that he would have been great for our economy, but the Republicans refusal to deal with Islam is a problem, the Rep's refusal to seal the border after 9-11.
I do agree with you on local responsibilities, however, the state DOE falls under the Gov's purview. With the muslim crap in this country already as well as millions of illegals spouting their flag, a little foresight would be helpful. States also issue licenses to teachers and there should be something in that licensing criteria about ethics and integrity and to uphold our laws and constitution. There surely is in my professional licensure.
As much as I share in your frustration when I hear about these types of school incidents, I don't hold the governor responsible. This is a local incident. Most cities have their own independent school district. People need to be directing their ire at the school principals and local school boards. It needs to be ascertained if this is a problem with the curriculum or the teacher. The burka incident appears to have been both a problem with the curriculum and the teacher. That is why the principal's response was off-putting. Bad curriculum! This incident at first glance appears to be a teacher problem. Hopefully with feedback the school administration will deal with this effectively. People have a lot more power to affect the outcome if these problems are local. You can get eyeball to eyeball with the school principal or school board member and let them know your displeasure. We too often escalate these problems to politicians who feel they have "to do something" and thus lose even more of our rights.
Have you been following what Perry is doing? He's inviting NY and CA businesses and citizens to relocate to TX. NY and CA have some of the largest liberal populations.
He is doing nothing about illegal aliens in TX, nothing about girls having to wear burkas, nothing about the young girl punished for not reciting the Mexican pledge.
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