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In article <323731ec.82738415@nntp.ix.netcom.com>,
Dale Anderson <dalea@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>Can (should) one obtain a Federal security clearance or teacher
>certificate after being even associated with or accused of pedophilia,
>even in the absence of a conviction?  I would hope to be surprised.  

So, if a few people here got fed up with you and anonymously
started a campaign to slander you as a pedophile (which, for all I 
know, you could be), then you should never be able to teach, even
if acquitted of any wrongdoing?  If you were to get on a gay mailing
list or belong to a gay organization somehow, should your employer be
able to fire you?  Let us hope not, in either case.  It would be
grossly unfair.  The first is most likely quite illegal, unless your
work began to slip from the stress of defending yourself from accusers.
The second is legal, although you could try to sue for "wrongful dismissal."

I believe that Federal security clearances have changed since my 
experience with them ten years ago, but I recall that the formal 
question  was "do you have any unusual sexual habits."  (For the record, 
the correct answer is not "define unusual", although my friend
managed to get the clearance in spite of attempt at humor.  :*) 

I'm still searching the web for the complete text of ENDA, but from 
the excerpts I've seen, it appears that Mr. Ensign is correct.  It
simply forbids using sexual orientation in hiring and firing 
decisions.  Many corporations already have this policy, stating
that an individual's ability to do the job is the appropriate
criteria for such decisions.