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AFT Resolution

RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS TO PERSONAL AND POLITICAL PREFERENCES

WHEREAS, a person's lifestyle, sexual preference, and political association are an individual's choice, with freedom of choice being an integral part of the democratic process; and

WHEREAS, the activities which educational workers and others carry on in their private lives do not relate to their abilities to perform in a professional capacity:

RESOLVED, that the 1977 AFT Convention go on record supporting legislation and other reforms which prohibit discrimination in employment and the abrogation of individual liberties based on an individual's personal and political preferences. 

(1977)

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