Brian--

There really is a difference here. Westerkamp jeopardized public safety by tying up the line with his racist spew.

In general, though, (IANAL, but) I'm not sure you can (or should be able to) fire someone from a government for spewing racism or homophobia as long as you're not harassing people at work.
Zed | 03.17.04 - 1:55 pm | #