But what if a high school teacher refused to write letters for private schools, or Catholic universities, or BYU, or Liberty? Should a student not get to go to Yale because the APUSH teacher (assigned by the high school) doesn’t ‘believe’ in private schools, or went to Harvard and doesn’t like Yale?
I agree the letter might not be very strong if the writer doesn’t believe in the company, country, cause, but shouldn’t the asker get the lukewarm letter? I don’t think writers should get to object to writing a letter for a job at IBM or Microsoft because of the politics. The writer shouldn’t have to write “I think Susie would be perfect for Texico because it is such a good corporate citizen” but can’t the prof just say “Susie is a hard working student who would be an asset to any employer”?