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"No" To Loyalty Oaths in CaliforniaCalifornians are familiar with the story of Wendy Gonaver, a lecturer at California State University at Fullerton who was fired after she refused to take the state's "loyalty oath," a holdover law from the 1950s intended to weed Communists from the state's payroll. The oath currently excludes some religious folk, such as Quakers and Jehovah's Witnesses, whose faiths forbid them from swearing such oaths. The ACLU of Southern California blogged in DailyKos today about a new bill before Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger: S.B. 1322, the "Loyalty Oath Reform Bill" (PDF). If you're a Californian, urge the governor to sign S.B. 1322, and stand up for the religious freedom of all Californians.
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Aug 14th, 2008 at 12:25pm
All government employees including members of congress and the president take an oath to protect and defend the CONSTITUTION.
The real problem comes when some of them don't take that oath seriously!
That's why we have the second amendment.
To guarantee that the people will always be able to protect their constitutional rights no matter what.
Aug 15th, 2008 at 5:56pm
the aclu is just like the naacp...a lot of jerks that have nothing to do but cause trouble where they don' belong
Sep 10th, 2008 at 2:54pm
I'm sure you had a good idea not to take a loyalty oath, but then I'm sure you can't be trusted either. If a simple little set of words written on a piece of paper mean that much to you then, I can honestly say I wouldn't give you the time of day if you asked for it.
Sep 17th, 2008 at 11:14am
Loyalty oaths in general should be banished. I should not be forced in any way to support a government that promotes nothing but conformity to Christian values and promotes denial of freedom of beliefs and expression of political views. I do not support this sort of government, one that obviously violates their own documents. I should not be forced to sign any loyalty oaths.
Sep 28th, 2008 at 10:44am
Loyalty oaths are wrong. Since such oaths are against some peoples' beliefs or marals, forcing people to perjure themselves in order to accept a job is wrong.The problem with people, like some of the above, is that to them it is 'just words', whereas to others, like myself, our word is important. A state loyalty oath, in particular, is rather silly in a federal system. By the way, Ms. Hayes, if you have an extra few million sitting around, I'd be happy to leave.