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Arkansas 10-Year-Old Won’t Pledge Allegiance Until Gays Gain Equality
 
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Old 13-Nov-2009, 03:36 AM (03:36)     1        34566
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A 10-year-old Arkansas boy name Will Phillips has decided that he cannot in good conscience pledge allegiance to the flag as long as the country for which it stands refuses legal equality to its GLBT citizens
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Good for him. Then if/when it happens, he can refuse to pledge because it contains "under god" or because it's socialist or something else.
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