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You Can't Say That!: The Growing Threat to Civil Liberties from Antidiscrimination Laws »

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Authors: David E. Bernstein
ISBN-13: 9781930865532, ISBN-10: 1930865538
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Cato Institute
Date Published: October 2003
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: David E. Bernstein

Book Synopsis

Activists and courts are using antidiscrimination laws to erode civil liberties such as free speech, the free exercise of religion, and freedom of association. The books examines how these laws are being applied on college campuses and in the workplace in ways that threaten our fundamental freedoms.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction1
1Why Civil Liberties Should Be Protected from Antidiscrimination Laws11
2The Threat to Freedom of Expression in the Workplace23
3The Threat to Artistic Freedom35
4Political Speech as Illegal Discrimination47
5Censoring Campus Speech59
6Compelled Speech73
7Public Accommodations Laws and the Threat to the Autonomy of Private Organizations85
8Stifling Expressive Associations97
9Regulating Religious Schools111
10Religious Landlords: Antidiscrimination Law as a Weapon in the Culture Wars121
11The Right to Privacy and the Right to Be Left Alone131
12The ACLU and the Abandonment of Civil Liberties145
Conclusion155
Notes167
Index189

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