No Spanish version of the Pledge of Allegiance, says lawmaker in Minnesota

“Minnesota educators leading students in the Pledge of Allegiance would be required to use an Engish version of the pledge under legislation announced Monday by Rep. Marty Seifert, R-Marshall.

Seifert was one of the sponsors of a 2003 law requiring the pledge be recited at least once a week by all public school students.

“I just assumed common sense would dictate that the Pledge of Allegiance in the United States would be said in English,” Seifert said in a news release. “Now I hear that in Kenwood Trail Middle School in Lakeville students are now doing this in Spanish and it’s not just a piece out of a Spanish class, but incorporated as the pledge for all students.”"

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