A Mississippi judge has sent a lawyer to jail for failing to say the Pledge of Allegiance in his courtroom. Here is the text of the order:
BE IT REMEMBERED, this date, the Court having ordered all present in the courtroom to stand and recite the Pledge of Allegience, and having found that Danny Lampley, Attorney at Law, failed and refused to do so, finds said Danny Lampley to be in criminal contempt of court.
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