Should employers be allowed to discriminate on the basis of political views/affiliation?

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6. only if it interferes with the employee's ability to do the job

firing for vanilla campaign bumper stickers seems like a vindictive fuck-you to the first amendment and should probably be a reliable basis for wrongful termination lawsuits.

on the other hand, if the worker is a direct employee of the GOP, yeah i could see firing for an Obama bumper sticker.

or if the employee is impacting the work environment with his/her political views, like blasting limbaugh from a cubicle, or leafleting during staff meetings.

but the burden of proof should be on the employer that said political views and/or their modes of expression in the workplace are directly and negatively affecting the quality of work and/or the atmosphere in which it's conducted. and no, "Obama's bad for profits" is not good enough imho.