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10-year-old refuses to say Pledge of Allegiance until everyone has equal rights
November 23, 2009A 10-year-old Arkansas boy is refusing to say the Pledge of Allegiance at school until our country does a better job of living up to its ideals. "I looked at the end and it said 'with liberty and justice for...
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