Teacher Lost Her Job After Declining to Sign an Oath to be Pro-Israel

[Bozo the kKklown]

 

 

What the hell is going on with this country?

 

[Springfield]

[Larry]

46 minutes ago, BenningRoadSkin said:

 

 

What the hell is going on with this country?

 

 

Absolutely stunned that such a thing is even possible in America.  Let alone that it can supposedly happen in more than half of our states, and me not hear about it till now.  

 

I haven't been a member of the ACLU for probably 10 years, but I just sent them $100, over just this one issue.  

 

[Xameil]

Odd that this would be required in NY. Its without a doubt a Blue state...

I'll have to ask my state worker friends if they had to sign something.

[Llevron]

Yea that’s wild. I have read. Many questions 

[No Excuses]

24 minutes ago, Xameil said:

Odd that this would be required in NY. Its without a doubt a Blue state...

I'll have to ask my state worker friends if they had to sign something.

 

Right now a Democratic Senator from Maryland (Ben Cardin) is trying to push legislation in Congress that criminalizes US businesses from signing onto a boycott movement against Israel. 

 

The ACLU got him to take back some aspects of it but not all. 

[MarkB452]

Lawsuit filed:

A Texas educator says she was fired from her job working with speech-impaired elementary school students because she refused to sign a pledge of loyalty to Israel.

On Monday, The Intercept first reported, she sued the state and the school district that gave her the boot.

“Texas’s ban on contracting with any boycotter of Israel constitutes viewpoint discrimination that chills constitutionally-protected political advocacy in support of Palestine,” reads the lawsuit filed by children’s speech pathologist Bahia Amawi.

 

https://www.thedailybeast.com/texas-elementary-school-speech-pathologist-lost-her-job-for-refusing-to-sign-pro-israel-oath?ref=scroll

 

[No Excuses]

 

[twa]

Never heard of it or thought it would be that common.

I can see where they would prefer people that contract with the states do not boycott a ally....be a interesting case

[PleaseBlitz]

1 hour ago, Xameil said:

Odd that this would be required in NY. Its without a doubt a Blue state...

I'll have to ask my state worker friends if they had to sign something.

 

There are more jewish people in NY than in Tel Aviv.

 

[Xameil]

3 minutes ago, PleaseBlitz said:

 

There are more jewish people in NY than in Tel Aviv.

 

Yeah, but the governor is mafia, so....

[PleaseBlitz]

Opinion piece from one of the most liberal people at the Post regarding the anti-BDS stuff. 

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2018/12/18/how-democrats-are-helping-right-stifle-debate-israel/?utm_term=.58b3c10008ef

 

 

[TheGreatBuzz]

Definitely thought this was either fake or a major twist of the actual facts.  Nope. 

 

This crazy.  I don't see how it is remotely legal or how we haven't heard about it yet.