Re: Membership in Disfavored Organization as Grounds for Dismissal as School ...

2003-07-18 Thread Robert Sheridan
The discussion is interesting, and now the facts have change materially. Mark adds, in part: "...Melzer associates with other pedophiles; he edited a publication that gave advice on how to seduce children, and that urged pedophiles to keep their activities secret and not to answer any police

Fw: Re: Membership in Disfavored Organization as Grounds for Dismissal as School ...

2003-07-18 Thread Lynne Henderson
As a follow up, I lost track of the arguments posted about a year ago in favor of the government's requiring libraries and booksellers to disclose information about an individual's reading choices. As I recall, there were a number of people suggesting "you are what you read" and therefore

Re: Membership in Disfavored Organization as Grounds for Dismissal as School ...

2003-07-17 Thread Marty Lederman
Yes, that would have been a very different case. In fact, the Second Circuit opinion states that "Melzer is a self described pedophile and admits to being sexually attracted to young males up to the age of 16." If the school had fired him because of his sexual desires, presumably there