Posted on 04/21/2016 1:20:42 PM PDT by Morgana
BOSTON Former Red Sox pitcher and ESPN baseball analyst Curt Schilling has been fired from his position as an analyst for ESPN following comments he made on social media earlier this week regarding the bills going through several states to require people to use the bathroom of their assigned gender. The bill impacts the transgender community, because many of those individuals prefer to use the bathroom of the gender with which they identify.
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Agreed. There are plenty of things that would apply to as well.
Of course they can. They just can’t do it without fear of consequence. Slander/libel/defamation if you’re an unrelated individual. Termination if you’re an employee.
I’ve sat on several jury cases re: the above. People think the 1st amendment gives them freedom of consequence when they speak. I’ve heard judges explain it many times over that it does not.
Say whatever you want, absolutely. But be prepared.
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