Originally Posted by Rochard

By law, he has the right to burn whatever the fuck he wants. At the same time, his employer, by law, has the right to decide that he is no longer employable due to his conduct outside of his job.

It's like the police officer who was fired for doing porn. The police department has the right to decide it's not in their best interests for someone who produces porn not to represent them, in the same way that a someone running for President doesn't want to admit he smoked pot when he was tweny.