The Equality Battering Ram
Brendan Eich has just resigned as CEO of Mozilla, maker of one of the most popular web browsers. He made a $1,000 donation to Proposition 8, back in 2008, an insubstantial sum really, to a campaign that is 6 years old. The Gay Lobby, the current shock troops of the Sexual Revolution, demanded his resignation, or a show trial in which he repudiates his actions, or preferably, both.
Listen to this short statement from one of the principals in the dispute, Geoffrey MacDougall, the Head of Development for Mozilla. He pitches this as a conflict of rights, without taking sides as to which right should predominate. Read more…