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The bigots are a lot tougher when they're the hammer than when they're the nail.
Because I hear a lot of talk about rights and leaving people alone now, but I didn't hear that when they were putting the heel of their boot on the back of the necks of gays folks who just wanted to be left alone.
That one person was the CEO and public face of Mozilla.
CEO for ten days. A man whose entire career was advocacy for open source technology and freeware. A man who made a paltry $1000 donation to Proposition 8 as a private individual 8 years ago. A American who has the right to his own private opinions. He didn't make his opinions public. The LA Times published the names of individuals who contributed for and against Proposition 8. And someone culled that list and outed Mr Eich. Over a year ago. Mr Eich was given the position of CEO, and all H E L L broke loose. It wasn't his doing. He did nothing in the workplace to harm gay people. This boycott and vendetta is persecution, pure and simple, and it's wrong.
The bigots are a lot tougher when they're the hammer than when they're the nail.
Because I hear a lot of talk about rights and leaving people alone now, but I didn't hear that when they were putting the heel of their boot on the back of the necks of gays folks who just wanted to be left alone.
I've always defended "gay folks". Because persecuting them was wrong. Because persecution is wrong. It's WRONG. It's not defensible. It's WRONG.
Why go after one person at Mozilla, when a larger target exists at Intel (60% of employee contributions supported Proposition 8)?
And yet
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“Intel Corporation supports marriage equality. In Oregon, Intel is a board member of the Portland Business Alliance and the Oregon Business Association. Both organizations voted and have publicly supported marriage equality this year.”
CEO for ten days. A man whose entire career was advocacy for open source technology and freeware. A man who made a paltry $1000 donation to Proposition 8 as a private individual 8 years ago. A American who has the right to his own private opinions. He didn't make his opinions public. The LA Times published the names of individuals who contributed for and against Proposition 8. And someone culled that list and outed Mr Eich. Over a year ago. Mr Eich was given the position of CEO, and all H E L L broke loose. It wasn't his doing. He did nothing in the workplace to harm gay people. This boycott and vendetta is persecution, pure and simple, and it's wrong.
If he would have made that contribution to the KKK would you feel the same way?
They are NOT fighting for that right. If they were, they would be content to support an equal measure that is called anything but "marriage". But they are insistent that it be called marriage, which shows that they are NOT for equal rights, but FOR attacking christianity. Why else would they not be satisfied with a civil union label that gives them every right that a married couple has?
Because the fight against allowing civil unions would be every bit as vicious. Most anti-gay marriage legislation comes with broad wording to make sure nothing marriage-like is allowed to sneak in. It is only now, when they're hard pressed, that the anti-gay segment is pretending to have wanted civil unions all along.
LMAO!!! The KKK is a domestic terrorist organization...............you really are grasping at straws aren't you?
It's a legal organization, and you know, he did it in his private time. Would that be okay?
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