Was it appropriate to fire her?

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A woman working for a startup in San Francisco was fired for questioning the company's decision of providing paid parental leave for child adoption for gay couples. They claimed this proved she was not LGBTQ+ friendly.
I believe that if a company sponsors adoption leave at all, it should apply to all their employees regardless of sexual orientation. However, I do not think it was reasonable to fire this woman on the sole basis that she asked a question.

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Sounds like there’s more to the story.

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Luckily being a bigot is NOT a protected class

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California is an at will state, so they can fire her for whatever reason they want.  
Was this from an article?  You stated the company should provide leave for all couples.  I have to assume they already do because why would they provide it for only one sexual orientation?

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🤷‍♀️ I've been fired with no verbal or written reason at all.... Sooooo, at least they told her why.

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Gurl 👋🏻🏳️‍🌈

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There’s got to be more to this....what was her role, why was she questioning it, etc...

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I don’t live in California. So not sure if it fits. But where I life you can be fired for any reason. They don’t have to tell you way at all.  I also wonder if there more to this story.

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I don’t think it’s inappropriate necessarily as the company could be sued for discrimination based on her words or actions.  They are taking a stand to support equality and her opinion is unnecessary.

Was it appropriate to fire her?

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