How much more hypocritical can it get when the pledge itself in a mandatory form is in most cases are unconstitutional?
I'm not going to say the Pledge isn't creepy (it is), but forcing people to say the pledge is, indeed, unconstitutional as ruled by the Supreme Court in 1943:
http://laws.findlaw.com/us/319/624.htmlThey can't punish you if you don't recite it.