Student Punished For Skipping ‘Under God’ While Leading The Pledge Of Allegiance [VIDEO]

A high school student has been punished and is being threatened with more disciplinary action after omitting the words "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance. Seventeen-year-old Derek Giardina and other members of his class are supposed to read the Pledge and morning announcements 12 times per year.

He made it through the first two with no issues, but he skipped right over "under God" on his third run. He said, “Personally I wouldn’t say the pledge at all, because I’m not necessarily very patriotic, and I’m not religious." If he was forced to read the Pledge, I would understand and side with the student. But that's not the case. There were two options for the assignment, and he chose the Pledge.

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