大部分州的规定是公立学校必须提供爱国主义教育（宣誓效忠）的时间和设施，但学生并不被要求强制参加宣誓。比如加州法律是这么写的： "In every public elementary school each day during the school year at the beginning of the first regularly scheduled class or activity period at which the majority of the pupils of the school normally begin the schoolday, there shall be conducted appropriate patriotic exercises. The giving of the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America shall satisfy the requirements of this section. Each pupil in the elementary schools shall be given the opportunity to recite the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America at the beginning of each schoolday. However, no pupil shall be compelled to recite the Pledge of Allegiance." 行使不参加的权利也是对美国法律精神和自由言论的尊重，当然，实际操作是不是有难度就不好说了。有哪位家长有孩子不参加效忠仪式的实际经验吗？具体是怎么处理的，有什么遭遇吗？我觉得这种实际经验的交流很有价值。
一个可供参考的誓词："I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the Humanity, and to the Earth for which it stands, one World under Heaven, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." 类似于 God bless the world.
"In every public elementary school each day during the school year at the beginning of the first regularly scheduled class or activity period at which the majority of the pupils of the school normally begin the schoolday, there shall be conducted appropriate patriotic exercises. The giving of the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America shall satisfy the requirements of this section. Each pupil in the elementary schools shall be given the opportunity to recite the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America at the beginning of each schoolday. However, no pupil shall be compelled to recite the Pledge of Allegiance."
行使不参加的权利也是对美国法律精神和自由言论的尊重，当然，实际操作是不是有难度就不好说了。有哪位家长有孩子不参加效忠仪式的实际经验吗？具体是怎么处理的，有什么遭遇吗？我觉得这种实际经验的交流很有价值。
类似于 God bless the world.