Massachusetts Constitution

Mass. Supreme Court weighs challenge to Pledge of Allegiance

By G. Jeffrey MacDonald — September 4, 2013
(RNS) Challengers are taking a new tack by arguing the Pledge of Allegiance violates terms of the Massachusetts’ equal rights amendment, which provides that “all people are born free and equal,” and that equality cannot be abridged by “sex, race, color, creed or national origin.”
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