Ah. Whatever you may think of the Supreme Court, you might want to use this quote on your detractors:
"If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein." -- Justice Robert Jackson, writing for the majority in
West Virginia State Board of Education vs. Barnette, the case that determined in 1943--
1943-- that public schools have no right to force students to say the Pledge of Allegiance.
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Thank you for the excellent quote! I'll be sure to add that to my defense in this one-sided "you hate America you commie bastard" discussion