A Florida elementary school is under fire from one parent who says her son -- who knelt during his class’s Pledge of Allegiance -- was scolded and stripped of his First Amendment rights. “He was influenced by what he saw over the weekend, the conversations we were having,” McDowell told FOX13 of her son’s actions. “Our policy -- and state law, for that matter -- requires that a parent submit a request in writing that their student be exempted from participating in the pledge,” spokeswoman Linda Cobbe told ABC. Students could stand, students could kneel, they don’t have to put their hand on their heart. He was silently protesting and exercising his constitutional right," McDowell told ABC.

Source: Fox News September 28, 2017 17:15 UTC