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====Subject: [[:Category:Mandatory Flag Salute | Mandatory Flag Salute]]====


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'''Artist:''' ARTIST NAME
'''Artist:''' Lillian and William Gobit


'''Confronting Bodies:''' NAME OF ORGANIZATION OR PEOPLE DOING THE CENSORING
'''Confronting Bodies:''' Minersville School District


'''Dates of Action:''' YEAR OR YEARS OF THE CASE
'''Dates of Action:''' 1939


'''Location:''' CITY, STATE AND COUNTRY
'''Location:''' Minersville, Pennsylvania, United States


'''Description of Artwork:''' DESCRIBE THE ARTWORK OR MEDIA ITEM
'''Description of Artwork:''' Mandatory Flag Salute


'''The Incident:''' DESCRIBE THE INSTIGATION, THE ATTEMPT AT CENSORSHIP, AND THE RESPONSE
'''The Incident:''' Lillian and William Gobits, Jehovah's Witnessess, were expelled from their public school after refusing to salute the flag, stating that such a gesture of respect to the flag was forbidden by their religion.
'''Results of Incident:''' HOW WAS IT EVENTUALLY RESOLVED? IS IT ONGOING?


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'''Results of Incident:''' The court found, in an eight to one decision, that the school was within their bounds to require the students to salute the flag.  The court stated that saluting the flag is a symbol of national unity, and it is the job of a public school "to promote in the minds of children who attend the common schools an attachment to the institutions of their country."


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Revision as of 03:32, 26 December 2011

Date: 1939

Region: North America

Subject: Mandatory Flag Salute

Medium: Public School

Artist: Lillian and William Gobit

Confronting Bodies: Minersville School District

Dates of Action: 1939

Location: Minersville, Pennsylvania, United States

Description of Artwork: Mandatory Flag Salute

The Incident: Lillian and William Gobits, Jehovah's Witnessess, were expelled from their public school after refusing to salute the flag, stating that such a gesture of respect to the flag was forbidden by their religion.

Results of Incident: The court found, in an eight to one decision, that the school was within their bounds to require the students to salute the flag. The court stated that saluting the flag is a symbol of national unity, and it is the job of a public school "to promote in the minds of children who attend the common schools an attachment to the institutions of their country."

Source: http://www.oyez.org/cases/1901-1939/1939/1939_690


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