Cory Schroeder, Army veteran and undergraduate student at the University of Wyoming, wanted to start school meetings with the Pledge Of Allegiance, but was told he couldn’t as it might be offensive to the international students.
Yes, the University of Wyoming is still located inside the United States.
An Army veteran attending University of Wyoming was told that as a senator in its student government he should not say the Pledge of Allegiance before meetings. The reason: It might offend international students.
“Multiple senators sat me down and said it was a ‘very touchy subject’ and ‘we don’t want to offend anybody,’” former Army Staff Sgt. Cory Schroeder told the education watchdogCampus Reform Tuesday.
The veteran was told that if he wasn’t happy with the Associated Students of the University of Wyoming (ASUW) government’s decision, he could write a bill to allocate 20 seconds at the be
what country is this? I thought it was america, who gives a damn what the international students think, if they dont like it, then let them go back where they came from.
WTF,IT IS AMERICA,THEY CAN LEAVE,WAKE UP,THIS WAS BOUGHT AND PAID FOR BY VETS
then tell them to go to college in their own countries if they don’t like it!
amen there
If saying the Pledge of Allegiance offend International Students let them go to school in their own country. $#%&!@* THEM. GET OUT.
offend them anyway
That is so stupid.
Cut the funding for this, and any other university or school, that does this or anything related to this, such as flying the American flag or singing the national anthem.
YOU CAN’T BE SERIOUS !!!!! WHAT THE HELL !!!!!
I HOPE HE SAID IT ANYWAY !!!!!
WE HAVE TO START STANDING UP FOR ‘OUR COUNTRY’ !!
F! them. They are here getting an education in OUR country at one of OUR institutions. They chose to come here to get educated. If the foreign students don’t want to recite our national anthem or hear it, remain seated and show respect. Political Correctness and this kindler, gentler mentality has ruined this country and turned everyone into a bunch of pussies!