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frear@noway.dr.att.com (L. Frear) wrote:

>In article <32370739.71843657@nntp.ix.netcom.com>,
>>I do not wish to belabor a point covered in another post, but an
>>employer can legally fire an employee for engaging in pedophilia, an
>
>I'm pretty sure that an employer cannot legally discharge 
>a pedophile unless they are convicted.  Nothing to do with
>sex acts, everything to do with criminal ones.  Certain jobs
>require applicants to not have prior convictions of sex offenses
>(or other felonies).
>

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.  

Usually, unacceptable sexual proclivities would cause a problem,
unless you want to apply to be one of President Bill Clinton's closest
personal advisors, or so it seems.

>Asking candidates in interviews about proclivities towards 
>children falls under asking questions about mental health, which
>cannot be done legally until an offer is extended.  (Can't site
>chapter and verse, as my ADA handbook is on loan.)  Anyway, you've
>constructed a bad example all around.

Thanks, but I'll stand by my example anyhow.  I have not yet been
convinced that it is without merit.

Sorry to evolve the thread, but one of our government's little ironies
is that it is OK to ask any law abiding citizen gun purchaser about
their mental health.  But, if you have a mental health problem, can
you be counted upon to answer accurately?  The big problem with the
government's implementation of the Brady Law is that, because of the
aforementioned problem, it eventually requires every citizen's medical
and mental health history and records to be centrally stored in
government databases to facilitate the mandated  background check.
Really now, how else did you expect the authorities to be able to
fully check out a person's character and mental fitness to purchase a
firearm, as required by Brady, especially since a history of mental
illness is listed second only to the conviction of a felony as a
prohibited condition?

Dale Anderson
Boulder, Colorado
dalea@ix.netcom.com