Is Forced Patriotism Legal? Texas Thinks So.

Governing: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is defending a state law that requires schoolchildren to say the Pledge of Allegiance by joining a lawsuit that could determine the legality of similar mandates nationwide.

On Tuesday, Paxton intervened in a lawsuit that was filed against Cypress Fairbanks ISD in October 2017. Kizzy Landry sued the district and several officials after the principal kicked her daughter, India, out of school for sitting during the pledge.

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