"If employers start firing people for political or religious speech outside of the workplace, the First Amendment will quickly become meaningless -- especially in the kind of non-union, no-safety-net world plutocracy longed for by libertarians. A society in which people conceal their politics and religion out of a well-founded fear of employer reprisals for speaking out is no more free than a society in which people conceal their politics and religion out of a well-founded fear of government reprisals for speaking out. "
Um, What makes you think that libertarians advocate a world with no Unions?
Further WE ALREADY LIVE IN SUCH A WORLD.
Ever heard the term "in the Broom Closet"? Perhaps you should go talk to some Neo Pagans if not.
You seem to operate in this fantasy land where the rich are all powerful and it is only through the wonderful actions of government that saves us from those demonic forces. However you know what happens to companies who fire people for speech that the majority agrees with? They go out of business as no one will buy from them and no one will work for them any longer. People are not powerless and business owners are not all powerful so maybe you should come visit the real world sometime, it is actually a rather nice place.
"In the highly unlikely event that a synagogue worker would do such a thing, no, because the KKK as an organization has a long and well-established history of violence. Most political and religious organizations do not."
Um, I have known Neopagans who worked as church secretaries so don't say it is unlikely to happen.
However it is telling how you only want to protect speech you agree with. Sure the KKK has a long history of terrorism, so does Hamas can a synagogue fire someone for being a member of or supporting them? What about the IRA or it's political arm Sinn Fein?
But lets take the terrorism out of the picture, should a daycare be able to fire someone for being a member of NAMBLA?
Should PETA be able to fire someone for buying a Fur Coat?
Should the AFL-CIO be able to fire someone for hosting a Chamber of Commerce fundraiser?
Should Planned Parenthood be able to fire someone for being a Christian Fundamentalist?
Should a womens crisis center be able to fire someone for being a member of Promise Keepers?
I can go on all day you know, there are a million ways that someone who holds political views diametrically opposed to yours could end up working for an agency you support, do you agree that those agencies should not have the right to fire said person even though they are have a direct conflict of interest in working there.
Re: Public education is political indoctrination paid for by theft
Um, What makes you think that libertarians advocate a world with no Unions?
Further WE ALREADY LIVE IN SUCH A WORLD.
Ever heard the term "in the Broom Closet"? Perhaps you should go talk to some Neo Pagans if not.
You seem to operate in this fantasy land where the rich are all powerful and it is only through the wonderful actions of government that saves us from those demonic forces. However you know what happens to companies who fire people for speech that the majority agrees with? They go out of business as no one will buy from them and no one will work for them any longer. People are not powerless and business owners are not all powerful so maybe you should come visit the real world sometime, it is actually a rather nice place.
"In the highly unlikely event that a synagogue worker would do such a thing, no, because the KKK as an organization has a long and well-established history of violence. Most political and religious organizations do not."
Um, I have known Neopagans who worked as church secretaries so don't say it is unlikely to happen.
However it is telling how you only want to protect speech you agree with. Sure the KKK has a long history of terrorism, so does Hamas can a synagogue fire someone for being a member of or supporting them? What about the IRA or it's political arm Sinn Fein?
But lets take the terrorism out of the picture, should a daycare be able to fire someone for being a member of NAMBLA?
Should PETA be able to fire someone for buying a Fur Coat?
Should the AFL-CIO be able to fire someone for hosting a Chamber of Commerce fundraiser?
Should Planned Parenthood be able to fire someone for being a Christian Fundamentalist?
Should a womens crisis center be able to fire someone for being a member of Promise Keepers?
I can go on all day you know, there are a million ways that someone who holds political views diametrically opposed to yours could end up working for an agency you support, do you agree that those agencies should not have the right to fire said person even though they are have a direct conflict of interest in working there.