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ADL (Anti-Defamaton League) Welcomes Repeal Of Oregon Ban On Religious Attire For Teachers
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<blockquote data-quote="spnadmin" data-source="post: 123751" data-attributes="member: 35"><p>[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>ADL Welcomes Repeal of Oregon Ban on Religious Attire for Teachers</strong> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> <a href="http://www.adl.org/PresRele/RelChStSep_90/5728_90.htm" target="_blank">ADL Welcomes Repeal of Oregon Ban on Religious Attire for Teachers</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"><st1:city w:st="on"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></st1:city></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"><st1:city w:st="on"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Seattle</span></st1:city><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">, <st1:state w:st="on">WA</st1:state>, April 2, 2010 Calling it "a victory for religious freedom," the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) welcomed the repeal of an <st1:state w:st="on"><st1<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />lace w:st="on">Oregon</st1:state> law prohibiting teachers from wearing religious garb in public schools.</span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000">Hilary Bernstein, ADL's Pacific Northwest Community Director, issued the following statement:</span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 10px"> <span style="color: #000000"><st1:state w:st="on"><st1<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />lace w:st="on"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Oregon</span></st1:state><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">'s action is a positive step toward accommodating teachers of diverse faiths and a victory for religious freedom. We applaud Governor Kulongoski and <st1:state w:st="on">Oregon</st1:state> legislators for recognizing that banning all forms of religious dress for teachers as <st1:state w:st="on"><st1<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />lace w:st="on">Oregon</st1:state> had done was unnecessarily overbroad and precluded many people of faith from entering the teaching profession. </span></span></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><o<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />> </o<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />></span></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"><st1:state w:st="on"><st1<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />lace w:st="on"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Oregon</span></st1:state><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">'s teachers are still required to comply with the constitutional requirement that they not proselytize or promote their faith to impressionable school children. However, within that limit, teachers should be permitted to undertake the personal religious act of wearing a yarmulke, turban or other religious attire.</span></span></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><o<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />> </o<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />></span></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000">We are glad that <st1:state w:st="on"><st1<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />lace w:st="on">Oregon</st1:state> has opened the door to teachers and employees of many faiths.</span></span></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 10px"></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000">The League was part of a broad coalition that had written to Governor Ted Kulongoski urging him to repeal the law.</span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><o<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />> </o<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000">ADL's coalition partners included: American Islamic Congress, American Islamic Forum for Democracy, American Jewish Committee, Asian American Justice Center, Asian Law Caucus, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Interfaith Alliance, Japanese American Citizens League, North American Religious Liberty Association, North American South Asian Bar Association (NASABA), Portland Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild, Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF), The Sikh Coalition, South Asian Bar Association of Northern California, and the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> <!-- FOOTER --> <em>The Anti-Defamation League, founded in 1913, is the world's leading organization fighting anti-Semitism through programs and services that counteract hatred, prejudice and bigotry.</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span>[/FONT]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 123751, member: 35"] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2][B]ADL Welcomes Repeal of Oregon Ban on Religious Attire for Teachers[/B] [url=http://www.adl.org/PresRele/RelChStSep_90/5728_90.htm]ADL Welcomes Repeal of Oregon Ban on Religious Attire for Teachers[/url] [COLOR=#000000]<st1:city w:st="on">[FONT=Arial] [/FONT]</st1:city>[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]<st1:city w:st="on">[FONT=Arial]Seattle[/FONT]</st1:city>[FONT=Arial], <st1:state w:st="on">WA</st1:state>, April 2, 2010 Calling it "a victory for religious freedom," the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) welcomed the repeal of an <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oregon</st1:state> law prohibiting teachers from wearing religious garb in public schools.[/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Arial] [COLOR=#000000]Hilary Bernstein, ADL's Pacific Northwest Community Director, issued the following statement:[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][/FONT] [INDENT] [COLOR=#000000]<st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">[FONT=Arial]Oregon[/FONT]</st1:state>[FONT=Arial]'s action is a positive step toward accommodating teachers of diverse faiths and a victory for religious freedom. We applaud Governor Kulongoski and <st1:state w:st="on">Oregon</st1:state> legislators for recognizing that banning all forms of religious dress for teachers as <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oregon</st1:state> had done was unnecessarily overbroad and precluded many people of faith from entering the teaching profession. [/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Arial]<o:p>[COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR]</o:p>[/FONT] [COLOR=#000000]<st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">[FONT=Arial]Oregon[/FONT]</st1:state>[FONT=Arial]'s teachers are still required to comply with the constitutional requirement that they not proselytize or promote their faith to impressionable school children. However, within that limit, teachers should be permitted to undertake the personal religious act of wearing a yarmulke, turban or other religious attire.[/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Arial]<o:p>[COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR]</o:p>[/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]We are glad that <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oregon</st1:state> has opened the door to teachers and employees of many faiths.[/COLOR][/FONT] [/INDENT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]The League was part of a broad coalition that had written to Governor Ted Kulongoski urging him to repeal the law.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial]<o:p>[COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR]</o:p>[/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]ADL's coalition partners included: American Islamic Congress, American Islamic Forum for Democracy, American Jewish Committee, Asian American Justice Center, Asian Law Caucus, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Interfaith Alliance, Japanese American Citizens League, North American Religious Liberty Association, North American South Asian Bar Association (NASABA), Portland Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild, Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF), The Sikh Coalition, South Asian Bar Association of Northern California, and the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America.[/COLOR][/FONT] <!-- FOOTER --> [I]The Anti-Defamation League, founded in 1913, is the world's leading organization fighting anti-Semitism through programs and services that counteract hatred, prejudice and bigotry.[/I] [/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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