Calif. Professor Fired for Rejecting Loyalty Oath
California is home to some of America's progressive cities, but the state still requires public employees to swear a patriotic oath that hasn't been updated since the 1950s. The pledge was designed to keep Communist influence out of government jobs. Now it's blocking decidedly innocuous job candidates, like Quakers and pacifists, from employment.
Rob Schmitz reports from member station KQED in San Francisco.
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