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SF Lawmaker Refuses to Recite Pledge of Allegiance-Please Read Patriot Freedoms Comment on Jan Kims Stance at end of story

Saturday, January 29, 2011 4:49

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Please Read Patriot Freedoms Comment on Jan Kims Stance at end of story

SF Lawmaker Refuses to Recite Pledge of Allegiance

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There’s not liberty and justice for all, Jane Kim says. And until there is, the newly-elected San Francisco Board of Supervisors member will not recite the Pledge of Allegiance.

The Board opens up every meeting with a simple showing of American pride and patriotism. But while every other member of the 11-member Board utters the approximately 10-second long statement, and many put their hand over their heart, Kim does neither.

“I don’t believe we are a nation with liberty and justice for all — yet,” Kim told The San Francisco Examiner on Tuesday. “So a lot of my work is motivated by wanting to be a part of achieving that ideal.”

Kim calls the decision a “personal” one that she’s considered since high school, and she rejects the notion that refusing to say it says anything about her patriotism.

“I think I am very loyal to the country,” she told the Examiner. “I’ve expressed my patriotism through my years of doing organizing work, being a civil-rights lawyer and being a public servant now.”

The Examiner says the Board’s Pledge is required by its Rules of Order. However,

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