Should Mich. Asst. AG Be Fired?:

[Touchstone]

it doesn't seem to undermine it enough for his boss to sack him does it.

Maybe not, but you asked us whether we thought he should be fired. I do.

are you saying it isn't possible for us to work with someone we don't agree with or whose policies are different?

Nope. I'm saying you might hire a pedophile to work on your fishing boat but you wouldn't hire one to babysit your kids. It's about whether his predispositions make it likely that he will / will not be able to do his job properly.

And expressing the predisposition isn't the problem. I'd far rather have pedo's trying to explain to me why it's OK to look a pictures of naked kids than keeping their thoughts to themselves, because that way I know who not to entrust my kids to.

So I'm not saying the guy shouldn't have expressed his opinions, or that he should be fired for doing so. I'm saying that the fact that he holds such opinions so strongly means he shouldn't have been given the big stick he wields as an ADA in the first place. But, OK, a mistake was made and now that we know something about him which we didn't realise at the time, we should rectify that mistake by taking the bit stick off him.

the boss himself says "the man's a bully but as far as supreme court rulings go i can't sack him"
isn't he in turn undermining the supreme court?

No. The boss has expressed an opinion, that he disagrees with but abides by the decision. He hasn't attempted to orchestrate a campaign to achieve his personal aims in spite of the decision.

doesn't someone holding office put himself in the firing line. the person is gay has views about gay freedoms and rights. (i presume) and rightly so.

Sure. I'm not saying people shouldn't be allowed to criticise the guy.