# Can a schoolteacher be fired for refusing to say the Pledge of Allegiance?

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**Created:** [April 6, 2010, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-schoolteacher-be-fired-for-refusing-to-say-the-pledge-of-allegiance/535104 "2010-04-06T02:18:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-schoolteacher-be-fired-for-refusing-to-say-the-pledge-of-allegiance/535104/17 "2010-04-06T15:44:22Z")

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I, personally, had no problem with the pledge until they inserted “under god” some time in the 50s. I never said the pledge thereafter and a school would be on very shaky grounds if they fired me for it.

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