Senate Bill 0332 – This one is a big victory for the flag manufacturers, I guess. Requires a United States flag to be displayed in each classroom of a school corporation. Requires a school corporation to provide a daily opportunity for students to voluntarily recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Provides an exemption for students who choose (or whose parents choose for them) not to participate in the Pledge. Requires a school corporation to establish a daily moment of silence in each classroom or on school grounds. Repeals a law allowing an optional brief period of silent prayer or meditation. Requires the attorney general to defend a school corporation in a civil suit based on an act authorized under these provisions.
I think we should require Indiana flags in each classroom and a pledge to the State of Indiana. And, nothing against the pledge or moments of silence or other rituals, but couldn’t our kids be learning math or something? Anyway, this one passed Second Reading and will come up for a vote at some point. And, who is going to vote against the Flag? (The same folks who voted against Abraham Lincoln and Veterans. That’s right – nobody!)
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