[Vision2020] Religion Has No Part in Process

[Debbie Gray]

Question: Was her email sent from her work computer?
I've only seen assumptions and I honestly don't know.

Debbie

--- Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:

> Clean and simple, Ted -
> 
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> Such actions, conducted in an official capacity via
> public means (a
> tax-supported computer in this case), reflect
> adversely upon the department
> of which she is employed.
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> Seeya round town, Moscow.
> 
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
> 
> "People who ridicule others while hiding behind
> anonymous monikers in
> chat-room forums are neither brave nor clever."
> 
> - Latah County Sheriff Wayne Rausch (August 21,
> 2007) 
> 
>   _____  
> 
> From: Ted Moffett [mailto:starbliss at gmail.com] 
> Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2007 3:55 PM
> To: Sue Hovey
> Cc: lfalen; keely emerinemix; Debbie Gray; Tom
> Hansen; MoscowVision 2020
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Religion Has No Part in
> Process
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> Sue et. al.
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> Assuming this communication was sent from Latah
> County Law enforcement
> computers, personal use of work computers, whether
> in the public or private
> sector, is sometimes tolerated.  But sent from a tax
> payer supported work
> computer or not, this e-mail sent to a church
> business list (this was not a
> purely personal communication) expressing religious
> and gender bias (the
> e-mail did not merely inform of job openings, but
> expressed a desire for
> "Christian men" to fill the ranks) from an employee
> of the Latah Sheriff
> Dept. raises serious issues that an apology and
> press release do not fully
> address. 
> 
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> Expressing preference for a specific religion and
> gender in a communication
> to recruit fellow employees demonstrates arrogance
> towards and disregard of
> the principle of non-discrimination in hiring, a
> principle that all tax
> payer supported employees of all public institutions
> should be thoroughly
> aware of and respect.  
> 
>  
> 
> Given this employee would prefer to have "Christian
> men" employed by the
> Latah Sheriff's Dept, how well would this employee
> work with, for example, a
> Wiccan, atheist or Islamic co-worker?  What about a
> lesbian?  And in the
> "battle against evil," will this employee be capable
> of maintaining total
> objectivity on the job, regarding ethical issues
> that are problematic for
> their religion, given their obvious religious bias? 
> 
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> I doubt it.  And this doubt extends to the
> objectivity that any religious
> fundamentalist or extreme ideologue might be capable
> of applying on the job.
> 
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> 
> The fact this employee appeared oblivious to the
> ethical flaw in promoting
> religious and gender discrimination (though we are
> being led to believe this
> employee was not representing the department when
> sending this
> communication?) in the hiring process for a public
> service job clearly
> expresses the insular bias that is unconsciously
> embedded in the mentality
> of religious fundamentalism.  
> 
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> 
> Quotes from the communication in question:
> 
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> 
> "We currently have three open positions down in our
> jail," she wrote. "It
> would be great to see them filled with Christian
> men. The Lieutenant of the
> jail, Jim Loyd, is a strong Christian and so are
> several of the detention 
> deputies." 
> 
>  
> 
> "You are issued a handgun and rifle, and you get to
> work for Sheriff Wayne
> Rausch, a wonderful Christian," she continues.
> "Working as a cop is an
> excellent opportunity for Christians to be at the
> forefront in the battle 
> against evil."
> --------------------
> 
> Ted Moffett
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> On 8/24/07, Sue Hovey <suehovey at moscow.com > wrote: 
> 
> Roger, et al.  When one is posting a message on a
> computer which belongs to
> the place where you work, the message better be in
> compliance with hiring 
> practice and the law.  Regardless of her views, she
> should not be posting
> them on a computer that does not specifically belong
> to her.
> 
> 
> Sue
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "lfalen" < lfalen at turbonet.com>
> To: "keely emerinemix" < kjajmix1 at msn.com
> <mailto:kjajmix1 at msn.com> >;
> "Debbie Gray"
> < graylex at yahoo.com <mailto:graylex at yahoo.com> >;
> "Tom Hansen" <
> <mailto:thansen at moscow.com>  thansen at moscow.com>;
> "MoscowVision 2020"
> <vision2020 at moscow.com> 
> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 11:43 AM 
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Religion Has No Part in
> Process
> 
> 
> > Keely
> > You and many other may disagree with her, but
> there was nothing wrong with
> > her expressing her views. It  was intended to be a
> private communication. 
> > It was not an official job posting or representing
> the department in any
> > way. What is suspect is the leaking of a private
> communication to Vera
> > White.
> > Roger
> >
> 
> 



       
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