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Iowa_Flames_Fan · 11-27-2006, 01:29 PM

Wow. That's crazy.

But not the first thing I've heard like this. ACT, a standardized testing company based in Iowa City, has fired employees for displaying anti-war signs at work, and others have (according to some reports) been reprimanded for NOT displaying American Flags, which is even crazier. (this happened a few months after 9/11. Can't find a link, but it was in the local papers.)

I'm wondering if we're on our way to a big challenge to freedom of speech in the courts. In theory, the courts SHOULD find that freedom of speech is an absolute right that cannot be traded away by entering into other agreements, be they employment-related or related to condo associations. But we'll have to see.

11-27-2006, 01:29 PM	#5
Iowa_Flames_Fan Referee Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Over the hill Exp:	Wow. That's crazy. But not the first thing I've heard like this. ACT, a standardized testing company based in Iowa City, has fired employees for displaying anti-war signs at work, and others have (according to some reports) been reprimanded for NOT displaying American Flags, which is even crazier. (this happened a few months after 9/11. Can't find a link, but it was in the local papers.) I'm wondering if we're on our way to a big challenge to freedom of speech in the courts. In theory, the courts SHOULD find that freedom of speech is an absolute right that cannot be traded away by entering into other agreements, be they employment-related or related to condo associations. But we'll have to see.