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8. "Nearly 65K Demand Mozilla CEO Come Out for Marriage Equality
Although Mozilla's newly appointed CEO promised the company's inclusive policies and benefits are here to stay, some LGBT activists are demanding that Brendan Eich formally renounce his past support for Proposition 8 and explicitly state his support for marriage equality.
....nearly 70,000 people have signed onto a petition demanding that Eich clarify his position on marriage equality — and if he refuses or still opposes the freedom to marry, that Eich be removed from the tech company's top spot.
"It’s not enough for Eich to pledge that he will enforce Mozilla's strong internal policies that ensure all employees are treated equal when he continues to refuse to renounce his advocacy for legislating hateful discrimination against gays and lesbians with constitutional amendments such as Proposition 8," reads the petition at CredoAction. "The people at Mozilla and their massive community of users deserve better than a leader that advocates for inequality and hate. CEO Brendan Eich should make an unequivocal statement of support for marriage equality. If he cannot, he should resign. And if he will not, the board should fire him immediately." Nearly 65K Demand Mozilla CEO Come Out for Marriage Equality Advocate.com
One can only wonder why the statement from CredoAction didn't conclude in the usual way, with 'Sieg Heil!"
a. Not every Liberal is a fascist geared up to destroy any who disagree with them....
To be fair....there was this from Andrew Sullivan, gay, and an advocate of same-sex marriage:
" When people’s lives and careers are subject to litmus tests, and fired if they do not publicly renounce what may well be their sincere conviction, we have crossed a line. This is McCarthyism applied by civil actors. This is the definition of intolerance.
If a socially conservative private entity fired someone because they discovered he had donatedagainstProp 8, how would you feel?" Dissents Of The Day The Dish
Weren't the people opposing Eich simply exercising their free speech rights?