To me, a command to join the flag salute or the singing of the national anthem would be a command not to join in any enforced religious exercise, but, viewed in proper perspective, to join in an act of respect for a contrary principle, that is, to pay respect to a nation and country which stands for religious freedom, and the principle that people may worship as they please, or not at all." "But, in considering whether or not such exercises may or should, in this case, be considered, as having devotional or religious significance, it would be misleading to proceed on any personal views on what such exercises might include or exclude." After referring to Jackson, J 's opinion in West Virginia State Board of Education vs Barnette (supra) and some other cases, it was further observed, 538 "For the Court to take to itself the right to say that the exercises here in question had no religious or devotional significance might well be for the Court to deny that very religious freedom which the statute is intended to provide. " "It is urged that the refusal of the infant appellants to join in the exercises in question is disturbing and constitutes conduct injurious to the moral tone of the school.