An Iowa Republican wants to force public school teachers to stand up and recite the Pledge of Allegiance while also preventing them from saying anything “unpatriotic” about the Pledge. Because nothing screams “small government” like forcing state workers to repeat a mindless ritual in front of an audience.

It was only this school year that Iowa first began requiring the recitation of the Pledge in public schools. Students who don’t want to say it don’t have to; the law gives them that right.

(I think I'd leave out the words "under god". It would be hard to make the claim that putting the nation above god isn't patriotic. That is if I were to even comply to such an unconstitutional law.)