Originally Posted by buggyone

Most of the clubs here in The Villages open their meetings with the Pledge of Allegiance to the US flag. We have lots of Canadian snowbirds here as well as some Brits. They stand up in respect and just do not say anything. That is fine, of course, since they are not Americans.

In a school classroom, I kind of wonder if the same would be tolerated of foreign exchange students. I imagine it would be the same.

If an atheist child did not want to recite the Pledge with the "under God", why would the child just skip over that part - no one would mind or probably even notice.

I do not believe anyone (adult or child) would be punished in any way if they did not want to pledge allegiance to the flag of the US - even if they are a citizen - as long as they stand in respect of what it means to others.