The biggest "opt-out" may have taken place in Texas, where the Arlington school district, between Dallas and Fort Worth, refused to show the speech at all.
President Barack Obama hinted he could support a "sin tax" on fizzy drinks to help lower high rates of US obesity, but admitted it would be an uphill battle against corporate and economic interests.
The head football coach at Breckinridge County High School took about 20 players on a school bus late last month to his church, where nearly half of them were baptized, school officials say.
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NebraskaMom,
Why do you think it's greedy for someone who makes/has more money than you to want to keep THEIR money? And by the way Americans and Republicans in America give more money to charity than any other group. We just don't want the government to tell us how to spend the money we have earned. If you have not earned as much that is not our fault. However, my husband and I give thousands of dollars to the Salvation Army for example, if you want our money go there. We are not greedy, maybe you are lazy?
— Mrs DG
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