Comments on: Why a 10-Year-Old Boy Has My Respect

By: We need more Wills

We need more Wills — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:11:26 +0000

[...] 10-years-old Will Phillips didn’t stand for the Pledge of Allegiance because the USA still doesn’t allow gay marriage and he wants to see “liberty and justice for [...]

By: pamela

pamela — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:21:34 +0000

kudos to the kis parents!

By: Lagunatic

Lagunatic — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:37:06 +0000

@ Laura Philips,

That’s the sign of a great parent. Kudos to you and your husband for raising such a fine young man. I hope my efforts prove half as rewarding as yours.

By: Heidi

Heidi — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:03:21 +0000

@Laura:

I just want to say one more time how impressed I am with your son’s courage and determination. Good job raising a thinker.

By: teammarty

teammarty — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:35:09 +0000

While there were a couple “Zieg Heil or get out” kind of comments, I am amazed at how many comments (95+%) were supportive. Would there be that much support if he did that in the People’s Republic of Ann Arbor?

By: muggle

muggle — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:53:44 +0000

Laura,

I know you’re proud of your son but tell him we’re much impressed with his bravery. It is because of kids like him that I do have hope for the future. Usually, you don’t hear of them making a stand until high school or college. His courage is admirable.

I have a grandson in first grade. In NY, not Arkansas, but still, please tell him I thank him on behalf of my grandson for drawing attention to this issue.

By: Claudia

Claudia — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:24:20 +0000

To Mrs. Phillips, thanks so much for dropping in. I assume your son is aware that his actions are much admired by plenty of people. Please do tell him however that his simple but brave actions have served as an inspiration far and wide. I live on the other side of the globe, in Spain, so his actions in Arkansas have been felt far away.

Cheers!

By: Richard Wade

Richard Wade — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:34:06 +0000

To Laura Phillips,
I only want to say that your son is an inspiration to me. He has great courage and integrity, more than most adults. Being ten years old makes him simply amazing.

I wish both you and him all the best.

By: Charon

Charon — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:55:19 +0000

Brave and thoughtful kid.

I took a more piecemeal approach, myself. I just stopped saying the bits I disagreed with. “Under god” went when I was around 10, “with liberty and justice for all” around 12, more bits followed, and I stopped saying it full stop… 8th grade, maybe? And didn’t have to stand up to anyone about it until 10th grade, when I argued with a teacher about it. 11th grade is when I had to pull out West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette.

Takes a bit of force to do it all in one go, and at 10. And for a cause, too. (I stopped saying “with liberty and justice for all” because I didn’t believe it for a myriad of rather generic reasons.)

By: ObSciGuy

ObSciGuy — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:34:34 +0000

Also a second (original?) facebook group one of his friend apparently made for him??
“Will the Mighty…” http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=150229855628&ref=mf