I'm just confident in my reasoning, ideology, and philosophy. (c: I don't have anything to prove.
Sounds like you have a chip on your shoulder. You should consider counseling.

And... you think this somehow frees her from the natural consequences of making her opinions known? Like, we're not allowed to think she's a stupid homophobic prat, because her opinion was stated before a judge? I didn't know that's how it works.

I think she shouldn't be docked for being honest about it. If she had said she didn't mind and she was homosexual herself, what would have been the consequences? Absolutely nothing, for sure. But this day-in-age, if you think one way you're lauded by people and the media. If you think another way, you're a backwards hillbilly from the Ozarks.

And the problem with that would be? We're not talking about the justice department. Press Secretary is an explicitly political appointment.

There is nothing wrong with that. Read some of my other comments in related threads. I don't disagree with the fact that she was fired. I was saying that the previous example was ill-conceived and misrepresented the situation (it was a strawman argument).

Really, this thread has nothing to do with the original article's topic, which is what I was trying to point out in my original post.

LOL. You're a complete moron through and through. Blathering about things that you want other people to think you're intelligent about simply because you yell the loudest...

I agree that there's precedent and the boss has every right to do what he did. I just personally wouldn't have done it off the bat. I would have called him/her in and spoken to them about it. If there was a real conflict of interest, then I probably would have let them go too.

I do find it rather disturbing, though, that my boss or especially a company or persons hired to do it, are checking out my facebook, myspace, and twitter posts. Don't they have anything better to do or spend $$$ on? (c:

The Carrier Prejean issue (the "CA model") is a complete strawman with regards to this discussion. For one, she was asked by a judge what her opinion was and so she gave it. The judge was a known activist. She was asked and so she answered. Then she got reamed by the press for it. So naturally she defended it. The equivalent example would be if the press secretary, having posted or said nothing about it, was asked by her boss what she truly thought of his politics. She answers that she disagrees with it and is then fired.

Your conversational tone says a lot about you. Cussing just to cuss is often the weak attempt of a feeble mind to express itself forcibly.

For me, the issue is whether or not she was posting at work or at home. If it's on company time, then there's a problem. But what she does in her own time on her own computer is really none of my business. As long as she's not saying or posting that stuff at work, I, as a boss, don't really care - if she's getting her job done. I know plenty of people that don't like their job or even agree with their job content, but do it anyway simply because it pays the bills. Having a political opinion is not a fire-able offense (unless you're flagrant and in people's faces about it), IMO, but due to the nature of her job, I can see why there's an issue.

My only suggestion to this person would be to make your Facebook account private so only your friends or family can see your profile and posts.