"The students coming to me from government class tell me this is something patriotic. We should be doing it daily," said the bill's sponsor -- Rep. Shane Roden, R-Jefferson County.
Wrap: Jefferson County Republican Shane Roden sponsored a bill requiring schools who receive public funds to recite the Pledge of Allegiance then offered an amendment forcing schools to say the Pledge in English.
"Unfortunately the vagueness of laws have allowed loopholes and we have found that if we don't specifically state stuff like things have to be said in the English language, it gets taken advantage of and the next thing you know we are reciting our Pledge of Allegiance in Arabic," said Rep. Shane Roden, R-Jefferson County.
"Unfortunately the vagueness of laws have allowed loopholes and we have found that if we don't specifically state stuff like things have to be said in the English language, it gets taken advantage of and the next thing you know we are reciting our Pledge of Allegiance in Arabic," said Rep. Shane Roden, R-Jefferson County.
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