The governor may soon be signing into law some legislation which will make wearing a religious headcovering BANNED for public school teachers.
A press release from the Sikh community (Many thanks to them as I found out through their information)
To call the governor's office: (503) 378-6548
To email the governor
Find the link on the following page:
http://governor.oregon.gov/Gov/contact_us.shtml
Governor Kulongoski
160 State Capitol
900 Court Street
Salem, Oregon 97301-
Governor's Citizens' Representative Message Line 503.378.4582
Please notify local news demanding they cover this issue!
Associated Press- 503 228-2169
KATU channel 2 503 231-4222
KGW News 8 503 2265-5000
Fox News KPTV 12 503 906-1249
The Oregonian 503 222-8100
Please forward this to as many people as possible and AT LEAST call the governor and KATU 2
A Quote from the Oregon Law.. it forbids religious discrimination EXCEPT by public schools
SECTION 4. ORS 342.650 is amended to read:
342.650. No teacher in any public school shall wear any religious dress while engaged in the performance of duties as a teacher. A school district, education service district or public charter school does not commit an unlawful employment practice under ORS chapter 659A by reason of prohibiting a teacher from wearing religious dress while engaged in the performance of duties as a teacher.
SECTION 5. Section 2 of this 2009 Act shall be known and may be cited as the “Oregon
Workplace Religious Freedom Act.”
Passed by Senate May 5, 2009
Secretary of Senate
President of Senate
Passed by House May 29, 2009
Speaker of House
Received by Governor:
Thanks, jazekallaheir
2 comments:
the additional links are so helpful here Hope we get through to them!
This is so crazy! I just moved to OR and had no idea. I don't know how the legislators think that its ok to refuse someone the right to wear religiously mandated clothing just because they are a teacher.
I'll contact them too.
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