He was warned. Yes, you can speak up about causes, but on a topic as sensitive as this one, why risk your career? Why make your team a magnet for political criticism? I think he enjoyed the attention, which is not so horrible, but this was done to the point of taking focus off the team efforts. Be an activist on your own time. He made things much worse by ridiculing of slamming anyone who disagreed with him. That is the way you make enemies who don’t forget.
“He was warned. Yes, you can speak up about causes, but on a topic as sensitive as this one, why risk your career?”
Corporations are desperate to avoid controversy. If there’s a message, they (legitimately) want to control it so that it reflects well on them. If he wanted to advocate for anything he should have done it quietly, behind the scenes with lobbying or money. But using fame that is only granted because of the company you work for is inherently dangerous to your continued employment. That’s just the facts of life.
In most of the cities where the majority of the votes are the subjects of the second amendment and gun control are more controversial than the gay marriage issue.
Are you telling all of us to keep our mouths shut in support of gun rights if it may harm our careers? If a person has strong feelings about their rights should we all just shut up unless it is in situations that you or those you work for approve of?
No one will make that decision for me. I'm not gay and do not know this guy and have never seen him play. BUT, I spent a lot of years in the military supporting the first and second amendments equally. He spoke up in a responsible manner and not in any way did he say or insinuate that he represented his team in his beliefs.
Would you appreciate being let go if someone above you on the food chain didn't like guns or gun rights and was angry because you spoke out as a private citizen and on your own time in favor of gun rights?