First Amendment?

What would you do if your employer decided to implement a new "policy" regarding off duty behavior - specifically, your off duty use of the internet. Now, I am not talking about you blogging from work, or using a work email account for personal communication, or even you using your work computer for personal use.

No.

I'm talking about your employer dictating what you can and cannot do when you're off the clock, out of the office, in the privacy of your own home.

I'm talking about your employer deciding that anything you do that can be deemed "immoral" is grounds for termination of your employment.

My employer recently implemented such a policy. If I conduct myself in any way that can be considered "immoral", I can be fired.

Except...they never specified what immoral is.

I guess that means that the definition of morality is open to interpretation.

So let me get this straight...if someone in my community sees me at the grocery store buying condoms...and they take issue with the fact that I am having premarital sex...can I get fired for that? Afterall...for some people, having premarital sex is immoral.

What if I go out to dinner and someone sees me drinking alcohol with my meal. For some people, the consumption of alcohol is immoral. Can I be fired for that?

What if I am a homosexual, and I decided to have a civil union ceremony with my partner, and we post photos of us from the ceremony on our flickr page...and someone in my community finds homosexuality immoral...can I be fired for that?

In addition to a loosely applied concept of morality, my employer states that I can be terminated for not only having a website that contains immoral photos or information, but for having a website that simply links to a site that contains immoral information.

So apparently, I am now responsible for what everyone else on the internet writes. Because if I link to a site, and that site links to another, eventually a series of links can land you on an immoral site.

I guess that means all search engines are out too, since a search engine will eventually pull up immoral sites if one searches my name on the internet.

Oh yes..if one has a presence on the web, one can be fired for it.

All this for $30k a year.