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- From: jfh@rpp386.lonestar.org (John F. Haugh II)
- Newsgroups: tx.politics
- Subject: Re: Bush Vetoes Stupid Education Reform Bill
- Message-ID: <21889@rpp386.lonestar.org>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 13:56:32 GMT
- References: <21865@rpp386.lonestar.org> <1992Nov16.173540.18186@watson.ibm.com>
- Reply-To: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II)
- Distribution: tx
- Organization: Los Tejanos SCUBA Club and Beer Joint, Austin, Tejas
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- In article <1992Nov16.173540.18186@watson.ibm.com> johniac@austin.ibm.com (John Iacoletti/100000) writes:
- >John F. Haugh II (jfh@rpp386.lonestar.org) wrote:
- >: Suppose I'm a citizen and I'd rather go into the City Council Chambers and
- >: scream about how much money Fred wants to spend on football. Can they
- >: violate my "freedom of speech?"
- >
- >I think they can, unless you have followed the appropriate procedures to get
- >on the agenda, etc.
-
- But aren't those rules, so the (specious) argument goes, infringing on
- my right of free speech?
-
- >: If he wants to read Hustler doing his free reading period - a time when
- >: he isn't being paid to work - that's his business. It was his free
- >: reading period, by the way.
- >
- >I think you're mistaken in assuming that this is his own time. The school has
- >instituted a "free" reading period for the students, but the teacher is still
- >"on the clock", unless he doesn't get paid for this reading time, and has the
- >option of leaving during this time.
-
- It doesn't matter if it was his own time. If the teacher could spend the
- time reading any other material that can be legally owned, he should be
- able to spend it reading the bible.
-
- >: I'd argue this on two levels. The first is
- >: that a right to a free press requires the freedom to read what is being
- >: printed, and the second (more specifically ...) is that the Constitutional
- >: prohibition against making laws restricting freedom of religion make
- >: keeping someone from reading the bible illegal.
- >
- >Maybe so, but your employer doesn't have to pay you a salary to exercise your
- >Constitutional rights (even if your employer is the government).
-
- Again, if the teacher can read any other publication - Lady's Home Journal,
- Cosmopolitian, Guns & Ammo, the teacher should also be able to read the
- bible. There is no indication that the teacher wasn't being allowed to
- read something else.
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