[steelhead_trout]

That's because we in the USA (unlike in Western Europe) are saddled with some pernicious nonsense called "employment at will", where an employer can pretty much fire someone for no reason even if he is doing his job just fine and causing no problems! Until this doctrine is done away with, more nonsense like this will continue. And see the post above this one stating why we need First Amendment protections applied to private employer-employee relationships. Yes, I know most of us don't like the whole "living Constitution" thing, but sometimes you have to act like your enemy in order to defeat your enemy. A real paradox.

[matt1234]

That's because we in the USA (unlike in Western Europe) are saddled with some pernicious nonsense called "employment at will", where an employer can pretty much fire someone for no reason even if he is doing his job just fine and causing no problems!

I guess you should move to Western Europe.