Nevada Eliminates Law Allowing Discrimination Against Communists

Red Scare holdover

It's no longer legally permissible to fire someone in Nevada just because they're a Communist.

Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval signed a bill last week striking down language in a Nevada law that dates back to the Red Scare of the 1940s and '50s.

Before Wednesday, May 29, it was legal for employers to take action against a person who's a member of the Communist Party or any other organization required to register with the Subversive Activities Control Board.

Comments

[Acosmist]

Who still calls it the "Red Scare"? As it turns out, the paranoid freaks were right.

[Seamus]

So does this mean that it's now illegal to fire someone for being a member of the Communist Party? What if you're a member of the KKK? Are you protected as well? How about if your doctoral dissertation at Harvard suggested that Hispanics might have lower IQs than non-Hispanic whites?

[Drave Robber]

I hope it's still legal to shoot them, at least with a bow and arrows.

[Drave Robber]

(explanation for politically correct readers)