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Teri Adams, Head of Independence Hall Tea Party and School Voucher Activist:

Our ultimate goal is to shut down public schools and have private schools only, eventually returning responsibility for payment to parents and private charities. It’s going to happen piecemeal and not overnight. It took us years to get into this mess and it’s going to take years to get out of it.

In other words, Adams would like education to be, along with medical care, available only to those who can pony up the cash for it.

The article I’ve linked to includes a few quotes from people speculating about what drives the American right’s hostility towards public education. The ban on teacher-led prayer is invoked, along with the mercenary desire to funnel the money now paid into public schools into private hands.

I suspect it’s much more simple than that. Without universal education, the far right wouldn’t have to contend with so many pesky arguments about the facts of history, math, science, etc.

Crossposted from Thoughtcrimes

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If you consent to work for someone under the condition that politics aren't to be discussed at work, then no, that's not a violation. Question about the religion part though, would such a prospective employee be likely to ever agree to such terms in advance? You can't spring these kinds of shenanigans suddenly after signing employment papers, and before signing, it places a strong negative reaction to consenting to them at all.

JC: If you consent to work for someone under the condition that politics aren't to be discussed at work, then no, that's not a violation.

I'm not talking about a provision against politics being discussed at work. I'm talking about an employer firing someone for political or religious views they express outside of work. Is that or is that not a violation of free speech?

JC: Question about the religion part though, would such a prospective employee be likely to ever agree to such terms in advance?

If they are desperate enough for a job, and concerned enough about feeding, clothing, and caring for themselves or for their family, yes, people will consent to just about anything, including putting some of their kids to work in factories and/or facing horrifically dangerous conditions in factories and mines.

So... Is someone's right to free practice of their religion violated if they face firing for it?

I'm talking about an employer firing someone for political or religious views they express outside of work. Is that or is that not a violation of free speech?

No.

Is someone's right to free practice of their religion violated if they face firing for it?

No.

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