-MIKE- wrote in news:kcigkp$f65$ snipped-for-privacy@speranza.aioe.org:
How clear it is depends on which specific First Amendment freedoms you're talking about. It does not violate the *Constitution* if a private-sector employer fires an employee because of his religion -- because the First Amendment restrains the government, not the private sector. However, it does violate both state and Federal *employment law*.
In employment-at-will states, a company is perfectly free to fire an employee who expresses opinions which the employer doesn't like -- and there is no violation of the First Amendment.