"I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" -- a 1968 hit for the Temptations and the Supremes -- is a litany of lavish promises: "Every minute, every hour, I'm gonna shower you with love and affection -- look out, it's coming in your direction. I'm gonna make you love me."
As boy meets girl sentiment, it is harmless and sweet. But as government policy, it is something else, entirely. What does it mean, after all, when the state says, "I'm gonna make you love me"?
It happened earlier this month -- the story came to widespread attention only last week -- after the child, whose name has not been released, refused to join his class in expressing love of country.