SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A state lawmaker wants the American flag and a copy of the Declaration of Independence in every public school classroom.

The bill would not require the Constitution in classrooms, but Sen. Allen Christensen, R-North Ogden, said he might add that provision.

"There’s not a lot of patriotism going around out there," he said, contrasting controversy over the Iraq war to favorable public opinion about America’s role in World War II.

Utah law requires students in elementary schools to recite the Pledge of Allegiance, although parents can excuse their children.

"You can’t make kids more patriotic," said Crestview Elementary School principal Verneita Hunt, whose students have sent valentines to soldiers in Iraq.

"You can show them, teach them, help them understand our country, and then because of the love of their country … they will become more patriotic because they choose to be," she said.

Mike Leavitt, a history teacher at Riverton High School, said he’s never been in a classroom without an American flag.

He said students learn more when they can relate the Constitution to their lives.

Riverton High students, for example, lobbied the Jordan Board of Education to close schools on Veterans Day. They said they wanted to honor members of the military.

"When kids see civics in action, that’s the best way to learn," Leavitt said.

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This law will never pass because the Mexican reconquistas will label the law racist, sue, wherein we will dutifully bend over (like we always do) and take it in the ass.