The erosion of free speech


Bad news: I've been intending to flesh this out for a couple of weeks, but I haven't had the time.
Good news: this entry will be short and to the point.
Update June 27 2006


Does your employer have the authority to tell you what you can say when off the job?

What if your employer is a religious organization whose viewpoints you oppose? A worker at a Catholic school was dismissed for promoting abortion rights . The court declined to rule because they did not want to interfere in religious matters. A religious institution regulating off-the-job speech of its employees.

What if your employer is a non-religious corporation whose viewpoints you oppose? An Allstate manager was fired a year ago for his private blog opposing homosexual marriage, which his company supports. [Also seen on truthOr Fiction.com]

What if your employer is a state government whose public officials find your viewpoints politically inconvenient? What about This occurred recently in Maryland. Buchanan says "Catholicism is no longer acceptable" under the lens of political correctness (hat tip: Arkansas Razorbaptist).

Not your employer, but a similar problem: what if the government determines that long-held religious teachings on sexuality are not moral instruction but hate speech?There are concerns that so-called "hate speech laws" may prohibit preaching that homosexual sex is immoral. (Hat tip: runalong ) Additional concerns that parents may be denied right to direct and train their children due to UN Convention on Rights of the Child (even though the US did not sign the treaty).

As the band Undercover once sang/shouted "Something's wrong! Something's wrong here! Something's radically wrong here!"

Update June 26, 2006
New York files lawsuit against private skate rink that plays Christian music during certain hours. Links at powerballplace and Terry Frank .

Posted: Mon - June 26, 2006 at 05:18 AM           | |

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