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To: clamper1797

I don't beleive that a company should be able to demand an employee to check their God given rights at the company door. The contract between an employer and employee is one of a business nature and not one of servitude.

Each party is free to refuse entering into contract thus there cannot be servitude. Likewise the company can refuse to employee a person if they suspect the person would harm the company just as the prospective employee can refuse a job offer if they think the employer will harm them. Nobody is initiating force on anyone. How do you feel about having brain surgery done by an alcoholic brain surgeon?

When you invite a person onto your property do you judge there conduct according to the constitution or according to the rules that you have set? Sure the constitution says that they have freedom of speech and can watch and create pornographic videos, but does that mean you have to allow your visitors to do it on your property?

363 posted on 08/01/2002 11:26:03 AM PDT by Zon
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To: Zon
I believe that there is a difference between someones personal property at home and a business where people are employed.
One has the right to not invite (fill in the race, religion, sexual orientation here) people to their homes.
However I believe that business should not be able to discriminate against these people at the workplace.
Granted I do NOT have to accept an invite to someones home if that invitation is dependant on the host rifling thru my ladies purse and my pants pockets.
BUT there generally is no financial harm in refusing an invitation to visit someone's home.
However, in order to work one MUST (except those who are self employed) go to the work site.
The fact that one must enter the property on threat of unemployment/poverty/hunger, IMHO puts that property under public domain as far as the BoR goes.
Let me make an example ... lets say that the police have been privatized, since they are now under the auspicies of a private company are they now exempt from the BoR ?
I certainly hope not.
If businesses were left without ANY control it is also my opinion we would quickly return to the days of sweatshops and child labor.
Though I am a little "l" libertarian edging on RLC I believe this is one area that needs to be controlled.
375 posted on 08/01/2002 11:48:56 AM PDT by clamper1797
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