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Oct. 21, 2020
Jehovah’s Witness says state cancelled job offer over loyalty oath
The oath, a part of the California Constitution, requires state employees, including legislators and judicial officers, to pledge to “support and defend” the state and national constitutions “against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”
A Jehovah's Witness has sued a state agency for allegedly rescinding a job offer because she refused to sign a loyalty oath.
This isn't the first time members of a religious denomination have sued over the oath required of state employees. Eleven years ago, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill that would have allowed state workers to opt out of the oath. In his veto message, Schwarzenegger wrote that state law already protected ...
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