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The mayor, an outspoken opponent of abortion, calls a public meeting in the City Hall to publicly sign a petition urging the state legislature to restrict abortions. He makes a speech, signs the petition, and then announces that the petition will remain available for a week for other citizens to sign. After the mayor's meeting, a reporter who covered the event decides that she will sign the petition. The reporter believes strongly that abortions are wrong. She reasons that she is now off-duty, having finished the assignment, and will be careful not to put her professional affiliation after her name on the petition. She concludes that the other people signing the petition are exercising their constitutional rights, so there is no reason she shouldn't exercise her own rights. Is the reporter's conduct appropriate?
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