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Democrats Accused Of Holding Up Pledge Legislation
POSTED: 2:54 pm EDT July 10, 2006
UPDATED: 3:12 pm EDT July 10, 2006
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Republican lawmakers are accusing the Democrats in the state Senate of holding up legislation that would require North Carolina schools to set aside time for students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance.
While the measure would require school districts to provide a time each day for students to recite the pledge, it would not compel students to declare the pledge. It also urges school districts to display the U.S. flag and provide curriculum on the country, flag and pledge.
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The Apex High School senior who proposed the idea said he didn't anticipate such a struggle with the measure and said it's ridiculous that Senate leadership is playing politics with the bill.
The Senate would have given final approval last week by merely concurring with the House proposal, which would require that schools hold a daily recitation of the pledge. Instead, Senate Democrats sent the bill to a committee that rarely meets.
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