Three Minn. Teens Suspended for Not Standing During Pledge of Allegiance

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MINNEAPOLIS - Three small-town eighth-graders in Minnesota were suspended by their principal for not standing Thursday morning for the Pledge of Allegiance, violating a district policy that the principal now says may soon be reworded to protect free speech rights.

"My son wasn't being defiant against America," said Kim Dahl, mother of one of the students, Brandt, who attends Dilworth-Glyndon- Felton Junior High School in northwestern Minnesota.

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Three Minn. Teens Suspended for Not Standing During Pledge of Allegiance

Brandt told the Forum newspaper in Fargo that Thursday's one-day in-school suspension, "was kind of dumb because I didn't do anything wrong. It should be the people's choice...

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