One might also interpret the phrase "object to employing him" as being about a reluctance to let him through the selection process as a new hire (which is the c

One might also interpret the phrase "object to employing him" as being about a reluctance to let him through the selection process as a new hire (which is the context set by the question raised in the case of Martin Gaskell). In other words, it doesn't have to mean that Dawkins would have an employee terminated on those grounds. Since Dawkins isn't here to comment on that distinction, it's not fair to put the question of firing in the headline when it's not explicitly discussed in the article.