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This 3 page paper discusses whether or not a company can fire employees for having visible tattoos. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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walks of life. This paper discusses tattoos in the workplace, and whether or not a business can fire employees who have visible tattoos because of concerns that they will lose
revenue over the issue. Discussion The first thought that comes to mind is that tattoos are a form of free speech, in the same way that works of art
are considered a form of free speech, and that they are therefore, protected by the First Amendment. However, there is a fine line drawn between a tattoo and the process
of tattooing; such that it seems like the courts are engaging in one of those "how many angels can dance on the head of a pin" arguments. The gist of
the matter seems to be that in some states, tattooing is against the law (Massachusetts and South Carolina among them), but tattoos themselves are protected under the First Amendment. Since
its impossible to get a tattoo without someone engaging in the process of tattooing, its easy to see why the two are conflated. Whats somewhat more difficult to understand is
how the tattoo can be protected but the process by which it is created is not. In 1999 this precise argument was raised in Massachusetts by a tattoo artist,
Stephen Lanphear and his client, John R. Parkinson ("Stephan A. Lanphear vs. Commonwealth of Massachusetts"-hereafter "Lanphear vs. Massachusetts"). Lanphear argued that tattooing was protected by the Constitution, while Parkinson stated
that he did not feel it was fair to require him to travel to other states to get a tattoo ("Lanphear vs. Massachusetts"). The state cited several reasons why it
prohibited tattooing: the sanitary conditions of tattoo parlors; the possibility of spreading disease, such as hepatitis; and the adverse reaction of some clients to the inks used in the process
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