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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: <21909@rpp386.lonestar.org>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 14:07:08 GMT
- References: <21889@rpp386.lonestar.org> <1992Nov19.002507.41777@watson.ibm.com>
- Reply-To: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II)
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- Organization: Los Tejanos SCUBA Club and Beer Joint, Austin, Tejas
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- In article <1992Nov19.002507.41777@watson.ibm.com> johniac@austin.ibm.com (John Iacoletti) writes:
- >John F. Haugh II (jfh@rpp386.lonestar.org) wrote:
- >: 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.
- >
- >Yes it does matter. His employer can dictate what he can and cannot do as
- >a condition of employment.
-
- So let me get this straight. The Texas Government is free to discriminate
- against any employee it feels like. The Texas Government can tell you, as
- an employee, that you MUST read the Bible, or that you MUST NOT read the
- Bible. Whichever it decides, as a condition of employment. It could even
- dictate to women (or men - we have a woman governor ...) that they may not
- wear clothes and that they must submit to any sexual advances. After all,
- there is no constitutional prohibition against sexual harassment ...
-
- I'd like to think that the 14th Amendment has something to say about states
- restricting the 1st Amendment rights of its citizens.
-
- Amendment XIV
-
- All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and
- subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the
- United States and of the State wherein they reside. No
- State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge
- the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United
- States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life,
- liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor to
- deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
- protection of the laws.
-
- Since religious freedom is a right of citizens of the United States, I'd
- say that Texas cannot make or enforce any law abridging that right.
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