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Texas elementary school speech pathologist loses job for refusing to sign mandatory pro-Israel oath
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Say you're gonna boycott any ther country: Repubs Sleep.
Say you're gonna boycott Israel: Repubs flip out
Say you're gonna boycott Israel: Repubs flip out
It seems the only true bipartisan agreement in the US is that the Palestinians don't matter.
Fucking pathetic
Oh this is the best part
Basically as part of their death cult prophecy... Jesus won't come back and rapture them all to heaven until all the Jews are in Israel... so they literally do whatever they can to make that happen.
Because they are not actually progressive and do not actually care about horrific human rights abuses the US supports and carries out abroad
Surely even the most up Trump's arse right wingers must see this and wonder what the fuck is going on. A fucking clause in a teacher's work contract specifically preventing them from criticising a foreign nation.
Like c'mon for fucks sake.
Like c'mon for fucks sake.
Because most of them don't give two shits about Palestinian lives.
I can guarantee, without a shadow of a doubt, that AISD, the City of Austin and every other governmental entity in the state is enforcing this except possibly through incompetence if they aren't aware the law exists. It's written into the contract law.
And many of the politicians in the blue areas will support this. Supporting or opposing Israel is not a partisan issue in our politics.
Man Texas is even more fucked up than I realized.
Yeah and I get grief here because I'm an independent.
As an Arab American here, this makes me so angry I could go blind. Shifting protections from our own marginalized groups, while painting white and straight people as victims, and correcting the balance of justice to protect a people that don't even live here, much less ones that murder Palestinian women and children...
I fucking can't with today. And Greg Abbot is master bating on Twitter about TX being pro israel
I fucking can't with today. And Greg Abbot is master bating on Twitter about TX being pro israel
Sorry, let me expand that list to its logical next item:
1. Conservatives are the fucking worst
2. Bullshit ass neo-liberal centrist fucks are second worst
Evangelicals are big on the idea of seeing the Second Coming in their lifetimes. One of the preconditions for the Second Coming is the reconstruction of the Temple of Solomon, which was destroyed over 2500 years ago, and would require the destruction of the Dome of the Rock, one of the top 3 Holy sites in Islam, which now sits on the same site as the Temple of Solomon.
You need an actual case to challenge the law. I'm sure the ACLU will be all over this case now that something has actually happened. It's virtually impossible to challenge a law that's not being enforced, even if said law is blatantly unconstitutional. That's why there are many ridiculous and likely unconstitutional laws still on the books in many states, they aren't enforced so no case about those laws enters the court system for them to be challenged.
Iirc Pflugerville ISD was the first in the state to extend benefits to same sex partners
I'm not sure how this is even legal. Pledge an oath to another country? Take this shit to court asap.
It's important to the US to support friendly states in a region that is hostile to US imperialism in order to keep markets open.
It's "legal" because its targetting those filthy anti-semitics!
Fuck Israel, fuck this law, this oath, everything about it.
It's not an oath to another country. It's an oath to not boycott said country.
I'm glad my state so far does not have his rule. Hell, I don't know much about Israel to know whether I object or not but I think it is absolutely disgusting and anti free speech to have laws saying you can't boycott something.
Disappointed in New York and california.
Disappointed in New York and california.
It is not unusual for contractors to a state or the federal government agree to additional terms as a part of getting to do business with the state or feds. Those terms are frequently added via executive order (though this was was via statute) and may or may not pass muster depending on several factors.
Of note, Obama used an executive order to require all fed contractors to not discriminate based on sexual orientation or gender. Many states use these laws to require certain payment standards above minimum wage.
Since it is superficially religiously agnostic I won't guess as to whether or not it survives the legal challenge.
Of note, Obama used an executive order to require all fed contractors to not discriminate based on sexual orientation or gender. Many states use these laws to require certain payment standards above minimum wage.
Since it is superficially religiously agnostic I won't guess as to whether or not it survives the legal challenge.
What the flying fuck. How did I never hear of this? That explains why my nut evangelical friends are so in love with Israel.
Yup. Without Israel, they believe Jesus can't come back. This is why they back the country despite all the terrible things they do towards Palestinians.
