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The Judge in Tupelo that put the lawyer in jail for not saying the Pledge of Allegiance was wrong, but why?

October 9, 2010

This past Wednesday, October 6, 2010, a judge in Tupelo apparently ordered everyone in his courtroom to stand and recite the Pledge of Allegiance.  One lawyer stood, but did not actually say it.  The judge held the lawyer in criminal contempt, and sent him to jail for a few hours before releasing him.  The internet has predictably [...]

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