Mozilla CEO steps down amid gay marriage controversy

[Spider-Dan]

Yes, you have proven that homosexual behavior is almost as abnormal as Judaism.

[Spider-Dan]

The proverbial other shoe drops:

OkCupid's CEO Donated to an Anti-Gay Campaign Once, Too

As you may recall, dating site OKCupid very publicly denounced Brendan Eich, redirecting visitors using Firefox to an alternate page condemning Eich and encouraging users to change browsers.  Turns out that in 2004, OKCupid's CEO Sam Yagan donated $500 to the campaign of Rep. Chris Cannon (R-Utah):

"During his time as congressman from 1997 to 2009, Cannon voted for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, against a ban on sexual-orientation based job discrimination, and for prohibition of gay adoptions.

He's also voted for numerous anti-choice measures, earning a 0 percent rating from NARAL Pro Choice America. Among other measures, Cannon voted for laws prohibiting government from denying funds to medical facilities that withhold abortion information, stopping minors from crossing state lines to obtain an abortion, and banning family planning funding in US aid abroad. Cannon also earned a 7 percent rating from the ACLU for his poor civil rights voting record: He voted to amend FISA to allow warrant-less electronic surveillance, to allow NSA intelligence gathering without civil oversight, and to reauthorize the PATRIOT act."

So now Yagan will be hoist by his own petard, right?  No, just like I predicted, all you need is a Come to Jesus moment:

"A decade ago, I made a contribution to Representative Chris Cannon because he was the ranking Republican on the House subcommittee that oversaw the Internet and Intellectual Property, matters important to my business and our industry. I accept responsibility for not knowing where he stood on gay rights in particular; I unequivocally support marriage equality and I would not make that contribution again today.  However, a contribution made to a candidate with views on hundreds of issues has no equivalence to a contribution supporting Prop. 8, a single issue that has no purpose other than to affirmatively prohibit gay marriage, which I believe is a basic civil right."

Like I said, all Eich had to do was recant his donation and he would have been permitted to continue along as CEO without a hiccup.  He chose to fall on his sword.

[Buddhagirl]

I have no issue with this. He apologized and stated that he is now on the right side of the situation. That's all the Mozilla CEO had to do. If he'd done that he'd still have a job. No one would be talking about it.