[EL] Signer of petition to put same-sex marriage on ballot to lose job?

[Scarberry, Mark]

Gallaudet is federally chartered, and the federal government appears to be substantially involved in its operations; its funding and expenses seem to be part of the federal budget ("on budget"). See pages 125-30 of the GAO's 1988 "Profiles of Existing Government Corporations," at http://www.gao.gov/assets/90/88616.pdf (caution: this is a large pdf document). My understanding is that it is a highly-regarded university that primarily serves the deaf community.

I suppose the First Amendment would come into play here under the Pickering line of cases; it seems that Gallaudet is a government actor. (But if the US Olympic Committee isn't a government actor, see San Francisco Arts & Athletics v. USOC, who knows?)

Mark S. Scarberry
Pepperdine Univ. School of Law
Malibu, CA 90263
(310)506-4667

From: law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu [mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] On Behalf Of Sean Parnell
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 5:18 PM
To: 'Derek Muller'; 'Election Law'
Subject: [EL] Signer of petition to put same-sex marriage on ballot to lose job?

People can form their own opinions on the appropriateness of this, but I thought this story was worth passing along given some of the discussions we've had here in the past.

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2012/10/10/gallaudet-employee-put-on-leave-after-signing-anti-gay-marriage-petition/



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