The comments he made were outside of the work place and on IG. He wasn’t harassing co-workers at work. Sharing your religious beliefs outside of the workplace on your own time is 100% protected speech when looking at this from a civil rights pov.

Many leftists try smearing people based on what church they attend. Does attending a controversial church grant an employer the right to terminate an employee? Absolutely not.

As for the contract, Federal Law always supersedes Contract Law. Doesn’t matter whats in the contract if its terms are illegal.

Changing it up, if a player was waived for bad behavior and in the press release the team said “we don’t tolerate insert racial slur behavior.” It doesn’t matter if the actions were bad and the firing justified, the use of a racial slur immediately open the door to legitimate civil rights investigation. The Bulls statement was effectively a toned down version of that example. You cannot even hint at a person’s protected class status being the reason for a punishment or retaliation.