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Meet Will Phillips: Boy, 10, who won’t say The Pledge, taunted for supporting gay marriage

”I eventually, very solemnly, with a little bit of malice in my voice, said [to my substitute teacher], ‘Ma’am, with all due respect, you can go jump off a bridge…. I’ve grown up with a lot of people, and good friends with a lot of people that are gay. And I really — I think they should have the rights all people should, and I’m not going to swear that they do…. They’ve taken from what I said, an assumption that I’m gay, and in the halls and the cafeteria, I’ve repeatedly been called a ‘gay wad.’ … I really don’t know: A discriminatory name for homosexuals.”

Will Phillips, a 10-year-old boy in West Fork, Arkansas, who has opted not to stand for or say The Pledge of Allegiance. He feels that gays, because they are not allowed to get married, are not included as part of a nation that provides ”liberty and justice for all,” plus there’s a lot of racism and sexism. It is reported that Phillips skipped the 4th grade, and he says he wants to be a lawyer. His father says his son sat for four days facing criticism, until he lost his temper with his substitute teacher. (CNN)

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