so if you refuse to say the pledge (as I did when I was in 4th grade) are you
breaking the law and liable to be arrested?
-----Original Message-----
From: J. Barkley Rosser, Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 12:00 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [PEN-L:7659] Re: Re: blowing off steam
Actually the Virginia legislature, now fully dominated
by the Repugs who are seriously beholden to the
Christian Right are going off the deep end. The latest?
They have just passed a 24-hour waiting period on
abortions and also a law requiring students in high
schools to stand and recite the Pledge of Allegiance
every morning. They can only get out with a note from
a clergyperson testifying to their religious or philosophical
objections.
The governor, recently appointed as National
Chair of the Repugs, will sign both of these eagerly.
Barkley Rosser
-----Original Message-----
From: Margaret Coleman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 9:12 PM
Subject: [PEN-L:7629] Re: blowing off steam
>Mike reminded me of how floored I was when I heard about the Virginia
>legislature passing laws about where to sleep in the house you own... To
>make matters even more hypocritical, Virginia is a right to work state --
>because unions interfere in the market place. So it's o.k. to stamp out
>living wages, but we can't have people falling asleep in front of the TV in
>the living room. To add to this, right now Virginia and Maryland are
>cooperating on rebuilding a bridge which is the main passage between the
>states and DC where most white Virginians work. Bushites are talking about
>stopping the contracting on the bridge because Virginia had to agree to
>union rules which Maryland upholds. So the bushites are going to try and
>force Maryland to accept non-union labor in the bridge construction. My
>question is, what happened to state's rights? Why are Virginia's states
>rights to be a right to work state better than Maryland's states rights to
>promote unionism? Well, that's a rhetorical question. maggie coleman
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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>> I just glanced at a journal of political economy article in condemning
>> mandates. Mandates are bad, except you want to force schools to get
>> standardized tests. Local control is good, except when inconveniences
>> corporations. Then it has to be overruled. Individuals know what is
>> best, but then Virginia legislates that people must sleep in their
>> bedrooms. How do get away with such hypocrisy? And who figures out the
>> names of their political campaigns -- paycheck protection, death taxes,
>> and the like?
>> --
>> Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico,
>> CA 95929
>>
>> Tel. 530-898-5321
>> E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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