[KevinB]

I was saying, given that the government has already far overstepped what it should do, with regard to the workplace, why can’t it at least be consistent or even-handed and defend the right of a private individual to not get fired for having an unpopular opinion and privately supporting it?

Gotcha. But I want to be able to fire my employee who shows up at work with an Obama sticker on his car or talks about how much he likes Obama at the lunch table. I can do that now.

[dayglored]

> Gotcha. But I want to be able to fire my employee who shows up at work with an Obama sticker on his car or talks about how much he likes Obama at the lunch table. I can do that now.

That’s at work. Critical difference. There’s no evidence this CEO mentioned his opinion at work, or that it in any way influenced his management of his employees, many of whom were gay. It was a privately held opinion that even his colleagues knew nothing of for over a decade.

If he had talked about it at work, that would be different, as it could have made for a difficult work environment by current standards. But he didn’t.