Correct me if I'm wrong, Brother Non, but as I remember it these were all cases of people employed by church organizations, students or faculty in Catholic schools, or otherwise affiliated with a creedal organization which explicitly rejects illicit sexual behavior. In the case of employees, they have signed agreements to comply with the faith and morals of the creedal organization they represent.
Unless the Transit bureaucracy is not a secular government agency but rather the Main Street Church of Perpetual Gaiety, they've got no business rejecting people on the grounds of their non-MSCPG religious beliefs. And unless the guy was speaking on Transit Authority time or as a Transit Authority representative, he has clearly been subjected to a serious injustice.
According to an earlier poster, Smith was a regular panelist on the show and was know as a member of the transit committee. He was a political appointee, he expressed an opinion that differed from those of the person appointing him, he paid the price. Poor judgement on his part.