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senseandsensibility

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5. I remember the school board in my school district

Reply to Jilly_in_VA (Original post)

Mon Jun 16, 2025, 04:24 PM

15 hrs ago

said the Pledge of Allegiance in both English and Spanish at the beginning of each board meeting. I don't remember anyone complaining or acting offended. We're used to this in CA.

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same. AllaN01Bear 14 hrs ago #9

I'm not standing Jilly_in_VA 35 min ago #22

Good for her! That flag represents all of us. All of us. Sing it in any language and it represents the same thing Deuxcents 16 hrs ago #2

ding, this. AllaN01Bear 14 hrs ago #10

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I remember the school board in my school district senseandsensibility 15 hrs ago #5

A long-ago article mentioned that Dubya sang it in Spanish on the campaign trail. Norrrm 15 hrs ago #6

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So cool. My daughters attended a spanish immersion elementary school in San Jose, CA and they only iluvtennis 14 hrs ago #7

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ding, this AllaN01Bear 14 hrs ago #11

and ca was originally mexican and before that spanish and before that native american . AllaN01Bear 14 hrs ago #12

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si. AllaN01Bear 13 hrs ago #18

How do you say 'Los Angeles' in English? Seinan Sensei 13 hrs ago #15

Good for her. Although MLB will probably react moniss 13 hrs ago #16

Resistance continues to grow! Kaleva 13 hrs ago #19

WAY TO GO Vanessa kwolf68 12 hrs ago #20

At least she didn't take a knee. Iggo 11 hrs ago #21