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    A Texas high school student has filed a federal lawsuit against her school and her teachers after she was punished for refusing to salute and recite the Mexican pledge of allegiance.

    The Thomas More Law Center filed the suit on behalf of Brenda Brinsdon alleging the McAllen Independent School District violated the 15-year-old girl’s constitutional rights when she was forced to recite the Mexican pledge and sing the Mexican national anthem.

    Click here to read the lawsuit.

    Brinsdon, who is the daughter of a Mexican immigrant and an American father, refused. She believed it was un-American to pledge a loyalty oath to another country.

    Ironically, the school district has a policy that prohibits a school from compelling students to recite the American Pledge of Allegiance.

    The district also has a written policy that excuses students from reciting text from the Declaration of Independence if the student “as determined by the district, has a conscientious objection to the recitation.”

    “There is a sad trend in public schools across our nation to undermine American patriotism,” said Richard Thompson president of the Thomas More Law Center. “But it’s encouraging to see students like Brenda stand up for America despite pressure from school officials.”

    The TMLC told Fox News the district ignored its own rules when Brinsdon refused to recite the pledge of a foreign country.

    What’s most troubling is the different treatment for someone wanting to opt out of reciting the American Pledge of Allegiance compared to someone as a matter of conscience wants to opt out of reciting the Mexican pledge,” spokesman Erin Mersino told Fox News.

    A spokesman for the McAllen Independent School District told Fox News they had not seen a copy of the lawsuit.

    The recitation of the Mexican pledge and the singing of the Mexican national anthem was part of a 2011 Spanish class assignment at Achieve Early College High School. The teacher, Reyna Santos, required all her students to participate in the lesson.

    When Brinsdon refused to back down – she was punished, the lawsuit alleges. She was given an alternative assignment on the Independence of Mexico. The teacher gave her a failing grade – and then required the student to sit in class over a period of several days to listen to other students recite the Mexican flag.

    The lawsuit states Brinsdon offered to recite the American pledge in Spanish but the teacher refused her request.

    “It’s astonishing that this Texas school would deny Brenda her right of conscience and free speech not to pledge allegiance to a foreign country,” said Thompson. “Too many Americans – including those of Mexican descent – have suffered and died protecting our nation.”

    And while she is fluent in Spanish and English and is proud of her Mexican heritage, Brinsdon is a “true-blooded American,” Mersino added.

    Mersino said it was especially troubling to watch video of students in the class standing up, extending their arms straight out, palms down and reciting the pledge of a foreign country.

    “It’s disturbing – it truly was troubling,” she said.

    I wear a Fez. Fez-es are cool

  • #2
    Originally posted by Forever_frost View Post

    The teacher gave her a failing grade – and then required the student to sit in class over a period of several days to listen to other students recite the Mexican flag.


    Wat? Do these rags not employ editors any more?

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    • #3
      See, I wasn't sure what reciting the Mexican flag was either
      I wear a Fez. Fez-es are cool

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      • #4
        Originally posted by talisman View Post
        Wat? Do these rags not employ editors any more?
        Roger Ailes blew the editing budget on mediocre hoes for his cable news shows.
        ZOMBIE REAGAN FOR PRESIDENT 2016!!! heh

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        • #5
          My spanish teacher in middle school said we would get a zero as a test score if we did not say the pledge of allegiance that came on the daily announcements in spanish (at the end of the semester we were graded on how well we did the pledge in spanish which I aced). I argued with her and got sent to the principal who sided with me.

          You know it's a shame that most schools don't say the pledge every morning.

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          • #6
            WTF, clearly I'm reading things incorrectly in this thread. I know, that no school in the US would make students say the Mexican pledge of allegiance.

            No way that would happen. No way they are doing it in the morning either.

            (buries head in sand)
            Originally posted by MR EDD
            U defend him who use's racial slurs like hes drinking water.

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            • #7
              We said the pledge and had a moment of silence everyday. People talking and joking around during both and the teachers texting made me pretty mad.
              Originally posted by Theodore Roosevelt
              It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming...

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              • #8
                "Nationalism is an infantile disease."

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                • #9
                  To break a great nation... You start from the inside.
                  First hand witness at the failure of public healthcare.

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                  • #10
                    I hope that girl never has to work in her life, this is b.s. and infuriating. Good on her for standing up for herself.

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                    • #11
                      If you dont like the country or its direction, you can move.

                      Feels good man.
                      Originally posted by lincolnboy
                      After watching Games of Thrones, makes me glad i was not born in those years.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by DOHCTR View Post
                        If you dont like the country or its direction, you can move.

                        Feels good man.

                        Or grow a set of balls and fight back.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by DOHCTR View Post
                          If you dont like the country or its direction, you can move.

                          Feels good man.
                          I don't want to miss the party that is coming.

                          Some things are worth fighting for and not running away

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by tazz007 View Post
                            Or grow a set of balls and fight back.
                            X2

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by DOHCTR View Post
                              If you dont like the country or its direction, you can move.

                              Feels good man.
                              You yeller boy?

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