A 12-year-old student in Florida claims he was scolded by his teacher when he did not stand up for the Pledge of Allegiance.
"I don't believe in standing up for it, because there's more than one religion," sixth grader Mark Dawson said to WFLA. "I believe in more than one religion and more than one nation."
Dawson attends Liberty Middle School in Hillsborough County, where the school district's policy states that students do not have to take part in the pledge, "as long as they don't get in the way of other students who want to say it," WFLA reports.
Dawson said that after his teacher yelled at him, she then told him to leave the classroom. A school spokesperson said to WFLA that the teacher "was in the wrong" and allegedly did not know about the school policy.
Dawson's family members told WFLA that they might sue the school district for infringing on the boy's rights, according to WFLA.
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