Town councilman Allen calls the proposal "common sense legislation" while the township attorney has declined to comment ahead ...

According to the suit, Soranno asked her class on Jan. 6 to stand and recite the Pledge of Allegiance. D.K. refused to stand, sitting quietly during the recitation.

The 14-year-old student says she declined to stand and recite the Pledge of Allegiance in January to protest U.S. support of Israel's war in Gaza.