“We believe that mandating the Pledge of Allegiance contradicts its contents. The liberty discussed in the Pledge of Allegiance includes the right to make that pledge freely rather than by compulsion. We dishonor the Pledge of Allegiance by mandating its recital.”

– Adam Soltani, executive director of CAIR-Oklahoma, who apparently doesn’t see the irony in promoting a religion/political ideology chock-full of intrusive mandates while attacking the Pledge of Allegiance in schools.