CactusHugger wrote: Woman Fired For Racist Obama Facebook Post
I totally disagree with some of what the commentators in this clip have to say. They say that a private company should have the right to fire an employ over a racist Facebook comment. Absolutely not! What an employee does in his or her personal life is absolutely none of the employer's business. You can't fire someone because of their race, religion, sexual orientation, etc. and you most definitely should not be allowed to fire an employee over something like this! I don't like people who make racist comments, but I also might not like people for other reasons and none of those reasons are grounds for firing an employee.
Freedom to publicly declare your opinions is no different than freedom of religion as far as I'm concerned. If you're only covered when you adhere to the doctrine of an organized religion then there is no such thing as meaningful individual rights! An employer does not have the right to interfere with what you do when you're not working for him/her and terminating employment in reaction to a statement made on the internet which was not made during company time is interference of the most pernicious kind!