TRUE STORY

An 11th-grade Junior ROTC Student In Florida Has Been Suspended For Confronting A Muslim Classmate Who She Says Did Not Stand For The Pledge Of Allegiance.

Heather Lawrence Says She Saw A Muslim Classmate Not Standing For The Pledge Of Allegiance And Confronted Her Later. I "Told Her To Take That Thing Off Your Head And Act Like Your Proud To Be An American. " She Said. I" Have A Lot Of Pride For Our Country And A Lot Of People Have Died And The Flag Represents Pretty Much What America Is, " It Was The Comment About THe Student's Hijab, Or Traditional Muslim Head Covering, That Got Heather In Trouble.

Administrators Say The Muslim Student Was In Fact Standing For The Pledge, Which Heather Denies. In Any Case, She Has Since ApolOlized For Her Remarks.