jd@commandprompt.com ("Joshua D. Drake") wrote:
>>>No that would be illegal.
>>>
>>
>>Hmm? In what way would that be "illegal"?
>>
>>I can't think of how they could compel such an assignment against your
>>will.
>>
> Exactly, so if they tried, or represented the fact that they
> could... it would be illegal.
No, if they represented that they could, that would be _dishonest_.
Which isn't quite the same thing as "illegal."
In places organized as a "theocracy" or some other form of "religious
state," things considered 'immoral' are enacted into law as being
'illegal,' such that 'immoral' and 'illegal' have a tendancy to be
synonymous. In places where there has been a "separation of church
and state," lots of things likely to be regarded as immoral are
definitely _not illegal_. Dishonesty may be immoral, but it's not
necessarily illegal.
Digression aside, if they took such a case to court, they would be
expected to be rebuffed by the court for having brought action with no
basis in law, which would presumably lead to ... ridicule.
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