If the bill of rights allows you to not have religion, does it also allow

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VwwvvvwvvWwvvwwvw

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you to not join a group? The right to peacefully assemble shall not be infringed. If freedom of religion also means freedom from religion if one wishes, doesn't freedom to peacefully assemble also mean freedom to *not* assemble? I am referring to being forced to join unions. Wouldn't that be unconstitutional as well?
Actually many unions are in government jobs.
 
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CaseyForrest

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that is a good point.

i live in the bay area, and unions control everything out here.

in fact they are so big they are just a dirty, and corrupt as any corporation.
 
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JasonK

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Nobody forces you to apply for a job with a Unionized work force.

If you don't like unions, look for a job with a non-Unionized work force.
 
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xavier

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I agree with you in general terms, but the argument is that unions are not religious organizations and "only" exist to support the worker, etc, etc, blah, blah, blah. It does seem to me that forcing workers to be in a union is wrong. I know because our family is a union family, not by choice but because the place we work at is a closed shop, meaning you cant work there unless you are in the union. However, we pay 600 dollars a year in dues. There are over 1000 people who work at our place. That is 600,000 dollars per year the union gets. We dont really know what we get for all that money. Very unfair. As far as I am concerned, the workers should keep that 600k and the unions can go to hell, but who am I to argue with the union bosses? :(
 
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RonPaulBot2e0

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No one is forced to join a union. If there's a job and one of the requirements is joining a union and you don't like that, then just don't take the job. Simple.
 
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