Windsor Select Board Votes to Nix Pledge of Allegiance Prior to Meetings

The Windsor, Vermont Select Board have voted to stop reciting the Pledge of Allegiance prior to meetings, reports WCAX.

According to the report, the motion to cease reciting the pledge prior to meetings came on the heels of the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, and urged further by the recent nationwide protests against the United States’ perceived racial inequalities.

The Hartford, VT town Select Board also debated this topic recently, but no final decision was made on the matter.

Windsor town officials have stated that the motion only applies to select board meetings, and not to other town government or school district gatherings.