Regardless of your thoughts on the bathroom law in North Carolina, that meme is extremely offensive to the LGBTQ community, and someone in Schilling’s position has to know that him sharing a post of that nature is going to alienate a huge section of the population.
Schilling is well within his rights under the First Amendment to share whatever opinion he likes, but he has no protection from ESPN firing him because they don’t want to be associated with someone viewed by many as a hateful bigot.
(Via Variety)
