Posted on 03/03/2011 10:11:37 AM PST by Free ThinkerNY
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) -- An Oregon school bus driver has been suspended for refusing to remove a Confederate flag from his personal vehicle.
The Mail Tribune reports that 28-year-old Ken Webber of Medford says he's worked for four years at First Student School Bus Transportation Services, a contractor for the Phoenix-Talent School District in the Medford area.
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I wish i was in dixie ....
Oh, but a little muslim/Islamist pork eater can call for a march on our capitol and proclaim a fatwa against us and that's ok. I am so disgusted words either escape me or are unprintable.
Clearly a free speech case. A flag on his private vehicle violates a policy?
All the way to the Supreme Court, baby. This guy is going to be a rich man from all the money the school district is going to have to pay. If I was a lawyer, I would take his case in a hot second.
You have no free speech rights in liberal Oregon. The only free speech rights belong to the Left Liberals.
Yup.
When I was a teenager I spray painted a Confederate flag on a train trestle.
Wow.
The Supreme Court just ruled 8-1 in favor of Free Speech that Westboro could protest at funerals. (despicable)
This guy will sue and drive away with a bus full of cash.
KA-CHING!....................
The bus company is a private contractor, they should be able to hire and fire who they want.
I am and love it.
School officials cannot tell people to remove something on their own private property, it’s just nuts and shows how the left do not believe in freedom.
Well of course the left has no problem if mad muslims have a sticker saying America will be sharia and death to the west.
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“All the way to the Supreme Court”
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Yep. First A all the way.
The Westboro Baptist Church is offensive too. But SCOTUS says tough chit, its their right.
Should be the same for this guy.
Actually, if you were a lawyer, you would realize he doesn’t have a case.
You should lay out your case.
How can you say that? WESTBORO BAPTIST CHURCH just won a case at the Supreme Court for what many people believe is offensive speech. A Confederate flag is nothing compared to the "God hates fags" bunch. This guy was fired for something he had on his personal vehicle.
Big, big cash is coming this guy's way.
West Boro Baptist — 1A protects people from government action (court order with respect to a tort claim)
Rebel Flag— No state action. Private bus company fires an employee. Just like a private company could fire a someone for protesting at a funeral.
What do I do if I have a black car with an Obama poster on it?
Be civil.
“The bus company is a private contractor, they should be able to hire and fire who they want.”
Yep, I agree. But what they can’t do is intimidate a person over a “free speech” issue that is outside the scope of his employment. What if they fired all the people with Bush / Cheney stickers? If they were stupid enough to have threatened him over a sticker on his private vehicle, I hope he cleans them out.
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