Reply #19: er..in 1943, students won right to refuse in W VA [View All]

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West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette
Students who were Jehovah’s Witnesses won the right to refuse to salute the flag. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a compulsory flag salute is a violation of the rights of all persons - including students - to freedom of expression. More recent cases have upheld the right of students to remain in the classroom, seated quietly, during the recitation of the pledge of allegiance to the flag.

http://www.aclu-mass.org/students/index.html