Quaker teacher reinstated after refusing oath

HAYWARD, CA Marianne Kearney-Brown was fired late last month because she was unwilling to sign the state oath of allegiance that required her to "support and defend" the U.S. and California constitutions "against all enemies."

Kearney-Brown, who is a practicing Quaker, filed a grievance against the university after she was fired six weeks after she started teaching remedial math at the Hayward campus.

The 50-year-old teacher signed the oath and got her job back Thursday after the university apologized and said the state-required oath does not require employees to bear arms or take violent action.