10-Year-Old Who Refuses to Say 'Pledge of Allegiance' Until Gays Have Full Equality

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This is the CNN interview of the father of the boy and the boy who won't say the pledge until gays can marry. Impressive kid for 10.

[mitchtv]

1. what a brave little boy

GOOD FOR HIM

[Divine Discontent]

17. and not just brave - but inspiring! how many other kids around the US are seeing him on TV &

thinking about things they believe in (which are nearly always progressive-minded), and what they can do to help.

I thank that boy for being so thoughtful to care about everyone! His parents must be extremely proud.


I wish there was a way DU could send him something since he's being verbally assaulted at school.

[Quixote1818]

2. The kid clearly has a very good and thoughtful father too! nt

[DURHAM D]

3. UNBELIEVABLE. THANKS FOR POSTING. NT

[rurallib]

4. Jesus that John King is an idiot!

"Democracy took place! Gay marriage was voted down!"
Does this idiot realize that if the bill of rights was put up for a vote, it would fail miserably?

[RKP5637]

6. John King is a blazing fool and a twit! Another CNN dork! n/t

[chollybocker]

8. Ha! A ten-year-old is more intellectually astute than Jon King.

Are you listening, CNN? You just promoted another fool!

[NikolaC]

22. The Interviewer is John Roberts

I believe, not John King.

[handmade34]

5. hooray for Will

we all should want equal rights for all people

[Bjorn Against]

7. K&R, this kid is amazing.

[Alcibiades]

9. That dude is orange

and a bully.

[Douglas Carpenter]

10. I have to say, the world certainly has changed

When I was 14 years-old, two female school teachers in my Western PA high school were leaving their positions and the area at the end of the school year because they were rumored to be a lesbian couple - no official accusation - just gossip. The ONLY defense of them anyone would speak is that the rumor was untrue and "how could anyone say something so terrible about ANYBODY?".

And now a ten-year-old in a small Arkansas town refuses to recite the pledge of Allegiance until gay and lesbian people are allowed to marry.

At least in some ways, the world certainly is becoming more open minded.

[Quixote1818]

15. True. I am willing to bet he will be able to do the pledge in the next

ten years or so. The times they are a changing quite quick.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

11. Somehow

I think in the future we're gonna hear more from this wonderful child. He's awfully grounded and determined.

[gtar100]

12. Agreed. Very impressive. Very brave. I'm a bit jealous.

A 10 that sort of thing would have never occurred to me. I hope this is a sign of good things to come from our youth.

[DumbBassRepublicans]

18. EVENTUALLY.....

One day, when all of the right-wing haters,
and all of the like-thinking republican idiots
are DEAD....
Then maybe, we can have an enlightened society...
NOT until then, I'm afraid...!!!
But.... this kid is a good start...!!!!

[Kceres]

13. I saw him on CNN this morning and I could just eat him up!

An elementary school social worker told me that profoundly gifted children have a much heightened sense of social justice. What a dear and brilliant child. He'll grow up to make the world a better place. Good parenting too, obviously.

[Veracious]

14. YOU GO BOY!

A 10 year old gets it.

[audas]

16. Clearly this kid was brought up in europe - south america - australia-

basically somewhere other than the US. Could be wrong, glad to be wrong, but sounds to me like another Hills and Knowlton ring in.


look em up.

[dsc]

19. nope Arkansas of all places

[DumbBassRepublicans]

25. Bubba...???!!!

This kid MUST be a relative of President William Jefferson Clinton..!!

[jennied]

20. Awesome! May I say though that that little boy is more articulate than his dad...

[NikolaC]

21. K&R

What an awesome and intelligent kid. His father looked so proud and should be.

[MissMillie]

23. "atypical act of juvenile delinquency"?

I thought this was called civil disobedience

He's not a juvenile delinquent. He's a kid w/ a conscience and the guts to live up to what he believes.

[ScottLand]

24. The kid is right.

We talk the talk - we should walk the walk. Do we believe "all men are created equal" or not?

[Ken Burch]

26. This kid is the future!

If the next generation is like this in ARKANSAS, there's hope for the whole country!