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Cal State U forced to re-hire Quaker math teacher who inserted "non-violently" into loyalty oathBoing Boing

Atonius sez, "Marianne Kearney-Brown, the Quaker math teacher who was fired by California State University for inserting the word 'non-violently' into her loyalty oath to the state, has been reinstated after Atty General Jerry Brown clarified that the oath doesn't require employees to take up arms."

The idea that someone could be fired for refusing to sign a loyalty oath came as a surprise to many Californians who were unaware that public employees are still required to sign it. The pledge was added to the state Constitution in 1952 at the height of anti-Communist hysteria and has remained a prerequisite for public employment ever since. All state, city, county, public school, community college and public university employees are required to sign the 86-word oath. Noncitizens are exempt.

Link (Thanks, Antonius!)

See also: Cal State University fires Quaker for inserting "nonviolently" into loyalty oath

Full post as published by IP Law Daily on March 09, 2008 (boomark / email).