The Board of Education did not violate the rights of a school teacher when it fired him after a public outcry over his membership in the North American Man/Boy Love Association (NAMBLA), which advocates the abolition of laws banning sex between men and underage boys, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled yesterday. The unanimous ruling affirmed a 2002 decision by Eastern District Judge Frederic Block. Writing for the appeals court, Judge Richard J. Cardamone said the former Bronx Science teacher, Peter Melzer, was free to associate with NAMBLA, but that freedom was outweighed by the disruption...
