On Wed, Aug 03, 2005 at 12:58:21PM -0500, Joseph E. Olson wrote: > > Note that in these cases the property owner WANTS the person on their > property but objects to what is discretely secured in their POV (which the > property owner INVITES to park in his lot). > > > > Here's an analogy. A gun (carried for securitry) is like a seeing-eye dog. > A piece of special purpose safety equipment. The carry permit holder could > choose a gun or a cell phone. A blind person can choose a dog or a cane. > In either situation the property owner has to allow the item on his > property. It doesn't matter of the property owner is allergic to dog hair, > hates dogs because he was bitten as a child, fears others will be bitten, > or > fears his carpet will be defaced - the state can make him allow the dog. > If > they can do one, they can do the other. Same thing with requiring 5% of > parking to be set aside for handicapped persons (it doesn't matter if the > property owner has 20 years of records showing 1% is sufficient in his > lot). >
Another analogy: A gun is like a copy of the Koran or Libertarian Party platform (each protected by the IInd Amdnt and different parts of the Ist Amdnt, respectively). Can the state pass a law requiring that the employer permit any of the three? As a mental exercise, take every argument that will be made on both sides of the Oklahoma case, and apply it to the Koran and LP platform. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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