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I hope he sues the everlovin **** out them for this.
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The protester who burned pages from the Koran outside a planned mosque near Ground Zero has been fired from NJTransit, sources and authorities said Tuesday.
Derek Fenton's 11-year career at the agency came to an abrupt halt Monday after photographs of him ripping pages from the Muslim holy book and setting them ablaze appeared in newspapers.
Fenton, 39, of Bloomingdale, N.J., burned the book during a protest on the ninth anniversary of Sept. 11 outside Park51, the controversial mosque slated to be built near Ground Zero.
He was apparently inspired by Pastor Terry Jones, the Florida clergyman who threatened to burn the Koran that day but later changed his mind.
NJ Transit said Fenton was fired but wouldn't give specifics.
"Mr. Fenton's public actions violated New Jersey Transit's code of ethics," an agency statement said.
Read more: Koran burner Derek Fenton booted from his job at NJ Transit
We're for the most part tired of the claims of Tolerance in favor of Muslims and to hell with Christians.
The Papal intervention in the question of rights for British Christians follows legal decisions which have seen nurses prevented from wearing crosses while on duty and forced Christian registrars to abandon their beliefs by presiding at same-sex civil partnership ceremonies.
I hope he sues the everlovin **** out them for this.
Incredibly dumb move by NJ transit. Regardless of what their employee handbook says, this is pretty clearly protected speech.
|And he was free to say it. No government thugs came and stomped on him to prevent him from saying what he wanted. His employer on the other hand did not want the bad publicity of having him on the payroll
I think the complaint comes from that he was employed by the government. Or am I wrong?
|And he was free to say it. No government thugs came and stomped on him to prevent him from saying what he wanted. His employer on the other hand did not want the bad publicity of having him on the payroll
If he worked for a private company, this wouldn't be a problem. However, this guy is a government employee, which means that the employer is bound by the First Amendment and cannot fire him for protected speech.
Sues them for what? Wrongful termination? That's laughable.
A question then
If he spent his weekend dressed up in a neo nazi outfit saying Hitler didnt do a good enough job, he should not have lost his job at the Transit co
How about interfering his Constitutional RIGHT to FREE SPEECH.
Wrongful Termination would first be taken up by the State Labor Board only to get his job back, unless he wants to go directly to litigation.
One more thing. In a Civil case the plaintiff can win a case based on a preponderance of evidence, beyond a reasonable doubt does not apply.
He still has the right to free speech does he not. In fact he now has more time to practice it in full
A question then
If he spent his weekend dressed up in a neo nazi outfit saying Hitler didnt do a good enough job, he should not have lost his job at the Transit co
He still has the right to free speech does he not. In fact he now has more time to practice it in full
But he was fired because he was practicing his free speech. Fired from a government job, which they shouldn't be able to do.
His job is to perform a service to the public, when you excersise your freedom of speech it does not mean you will not have any consequences from it. You can lose friends, business or your job. You will not be thrown in jail, be arrested, or have your property confiscated by the government because of it
That's not how free speech works. It's like saying that someone is free to criticize the government, but they'll just have to do it from a jail cell.
A right that is unduly burdened isn't a right at all.
He was not thrown in jail now was he?
Freedom of speech does not prevent you from losing friends from being a moron, or having people boycott your business or stop your employer from deciding he/she does not want you working for them anymore
It means the government will not arrest you, fine you, or confiscate your property when you exercise your freedome of speech
But the government fired him. Thats the issue.
He was not thrown in jail now was he?
Freedom of speech does not prevent you from losing friends from being a moron, or having people boycott your business or stop your employer from deciding he/she does not want you working for them anymore
It means the government will not arrest you, fine you, or confiscate your property when you exercise your freedome of speech
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