Demanding an apology: Can we all just stop it now?

From yesterday's Washington Post:

"The mother of a 13-year-old Montgomery County middle school student is demanding an apology from a teacher who had school police escort the youngster from a classroom for refusing to say the Pledge of Allegiance."

You can read the full article here.

First, I'm completely in favor of a student's right to refuse to recite the pledge of allegiance. I believe that pledging allegiance to anything is a student's prerogative, and to force a student to comply...