Victory for Teacher Told to Pay Dues or Change Religions

(CNSNews.com) - A legal challenge mounted by a teacher in southern Ohio, who said a union official told her to pay dues or change religions, has prompted a federal district court to strike down a state law that allowed only those public employees who belonged to certain denominations the right to claim a religious objection to paying union dues.

….the lifelong Catholic and opponent of abortion on demand had always declined membership in the Ohio Education Association, a state chapter of the National Education Association, because she is unhappy with the NEA's stance on abortion. Read more…

In round numbers – 1.3 million abortions per year means that with an average class size of 25 students, 52,000 teachers are NOT needed this year alone. Can anyone imagine any other union advocating a policy that works against their own union membership in this way?

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