Re: Teacher suspended for anti-same-sex-marraige Facebook post

2011-08-20 Thread Vance R. Koven
don't have access to the cite. Marc Marc *From*: Brownstein, Alan [mailto:aebrownst...@ucdavis.edu] *Sent*: Friday, August 19, 2011 05:24 PM *To*: Law Religion issues for Law Academics religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu *Subject*: RE: Teacher suspended for anti-same-sex-marraige Facebook post I

RE: Teacher suspended for anti-same-sex-marraige Facebook post

2011-08-19 Thread b...@jmcenter.org
A good article appeared on this subject on Verdict (Justia) two days ago. SeeCan Public School Students Constitutionally Be Punished for Their Off-Campus Comments on Social-Networking Sites or Blogs? at 

RE: Teacher suspended for anti-same-sex-marraige Facebook post

2011-08-19 Thread Steve Sanders
, Eugene Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 8:43 AM To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: RE: Teacher suspended for anti-same-sex-marraige Facebook post I'm not sure that there is such a thing as a straightforward Pickering ... analysis. Balanc[ing] the interests of the teacher

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2011-08-19 Thread Scarberry, Mark
...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Sanders Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 5:41 AM To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Cc: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: Re: Teacher suspended for anti-same-sex-marraige Facebook post Doesn't this call for a straightforward Pickering/Connick analysis

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2011-08-19 Thread Steve Sanders
...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Scarberry, Mark Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 9:31 AM To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: RE: Teacher suspended for anti-same-sex-marraige Facebook post There is much to be said for Steve's point of view. On the other hand, consider the implications

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2011-08-19 Thread Scarberry, Mark
[mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Sanders Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 12:08 PM To: 'Law Religion issues for Law Academics' Subject: RE: Teacher suspended for anti-same-sex-marraige Facebook post Mark, I appreciate your counterexample. As may have been clarified

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2011-08-19 Thread Brownstein, Alan
, August 19, 2011 9:31 AM To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: RE: Teacher suspended for anti-same-sex-marraige Facebook post There is much to be said for Steve’s point of view. On the other hand, consider the implications. What about a teacher whose blog severely criticizes

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2011-08-19 Thread Steve Sanders
context? Steve _ From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu [mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Volokh, Eugene Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 9:37 AM To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: RE: Teacher suspended for anti-same-sex-marraige Facebook post

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2011-08-19 Thread Steven Jamar
What is the effect of the teacher being a social studies which probably includes some civics instruction -- at least in my school district the social studies classes consider current events every year no matter what the main focus of the course is that year. Surely the gay rights issue is one

RE: Teacher suspended for anti-same-sex-marraige Facebook post

2011-08-19 Thread Volokh, Eugene
From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu [mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Sanders Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 1:40 PM To: 'Law Religion issues for Law Academics' Subject: RE: Teacher suspended for anti-same-sex-marraige Facebook post This is essentially

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2011-08-19 Thread Volokh, Eugene
, Alan Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 10:27 AM To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: RE: Teacher suspended for anti-same-sex-marraige Facebook post Mark raises valid concerns. The questions Steve asks seem to be Tinker questions. I think the Tinker “material disruption” standard almost

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2011-08-19 Thread Brownstein, Alan
Of Volokh, Eugene Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 1:33 PM To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: RE: Teacher suspended for anti-same-sex-marraige Facebook post The KKK example is interesting, but I think it works because it’s so striking: Our initial reaction

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2011-08-19 Thread Marc Stern
don't have access to the cite. Marc Marc From: Brownstein, Alan [mailto:aebrownst...@ucdavis.edu] Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 05:24 PM To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu Subject: RE: Teacher suspended for anti-same-sex-marraige Facebook post I agree

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2011-08-18 Thread Volokh, Eugene
I should note that the page now says he was reassigned while the school investigates the matter, though other press accounts report is as suspended (and my recollection is that the CNN page also said that when I posted about it, though I might be mistaken on that).

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2011-08-18 Thread Jean Dudley
OK: The definition of phobia (to my understanding) includes irrational fear. Wanting to throw up (which I take to mean vomit) meets my definition of unreasonable fear. To be blunt, even if it means being off-topic, wanting to vomit at the thought of same sex marriage disqualifies him from