By Sarah McBri SAN FRANCISCO (Rters) - Mozilla Chief Executive Brendan Eich has stepped down, the pany said on Thursday, after an onle datg service urged a boytt of the pany's web browser bee of a donatn Eich ma to opponents of gay marriage. The software pany me unr fire for appotg Eich as CEO last month. In 2008, he gave money to oppose the legalizatn of gay marriage California, a hot-button issue pecially at a pany that boasts about s policy of clivens and diversy. "We didn't act like you'd expect Mozilla to act," wrote Mozilla Executive Chairwoman Mchell Baker a blog post.
Contents:
- MOZILLA CEO RIGNS, OPPOSN TO GAY MARRIAGE DREW FIRE
- MOZILLA CEO BRENDAN EICH RIGNS AFTER PROTTS OM GAY MARRIAGE SUPPORTERS
- MOZILLA CEO RIGNATN OVER ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE NTRIBUTN RAIS EE-SPEECH ISSU
- MOZILLA CEO RIGNS AMID CONTROVERSY OVER STANCE AGAST GAY MARRIAGE
- EXCLIVE: MOZILLA CEO EICH SAYS GAY-MARRIAGE FIRTORM ULD HURT FIREFOX (Q&A)
- MOZILLA CEO ON GAY MARRIAGE ROW: I KEEP MY PERSONAL BELIEFS OUT OF THE OFFICE
- FORMER MOZILLA CEO OTED FOR OPPOSG GAY MARRIAGE MAK EBACK WH NEW INTER BROWSER 'BRAVE'
- MOZILLA NAM TERIM CEO AFTER GAY-MARRIAGE NTROVERSY
MOZILLA CEO RIGNS, OPPOSN TO GAY MARRIAGE DREW FIRE
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By Sarah McBri SAN FRANCISCO (Rters) - Mozilla Chief Executive Brendan Eich has stepped down, the pany said on Thursday, after an onle datg service urged a boytt of the pany's web browser bee of a donatn Eich ma to opponents of gay marriage. In 2008, he gave money to oppose the legalizatn of gay marriage California, a hot-button issue pecially at a pany that boasts about s policy of clivens and diversy. While gay activists appld the move, many the technology muny lamented the parture of Eich, who vented the programmg language Javascript and -found Mozilla.
Eich donated $1, 000 2008 support of California's Proposn 8, which banned gay marriage the state until was stck down by the Supreme Court June. 2 Web browser namg a gay marriage opponent as chief executive.
MOZILLA CEO BRENDAN EICH RIGNS AFTER PROTTS OM GAY MARRIAGE SUPPORTERS
Mozilla -founr CEO Brendan Eich, who me unr fire this week for donatg to a mpaign to ban gay marriage California, has rigned. * mozilla ceo gay marriage *
"Mozilla's new CEO, Brendan Eich, is an opponent of equal rights for gay upl, " the msage said. April 3, 2014 — -- Mozilla -founr CEO Brendan Eich, who me unr fire this week for donatg to a mpaign to ban gay marriage California, has, who beme the CEO of the nonprof pany behd Mozilla Firefox on March 24, had donated $1, 000 for the succsful Proposn 8 ballot measure that passed the November 2008 state year, California's ban on gay marriage was overturned when the Supreme Court left place a lower urt's lg agast the measure.
OKCupid protted by refg to allow ers to n the datg webse wh the Firefox More: Datg Se Protts Anti-Gay-Marriage ContributorA statement om an OKCupid spokman said that the datg se firm is “pleased that OkCupid’s boytt has brought tremendo awarens to the cril matter of equal rights for all dividuals and partnerships; today’s cisn reaffirms Mozilla’s mment to that e. That wi refal and rejectn fomented the issue, and Eich's cisn to mata his public stance on gay marriage -- as is his right -- created an impasse.
Marriage Equaly and Gay Rights general are signifint civil rights issu, and is pletely legimate to be upset at laws (and the people who ntributed to their passage) that assert that homosexual upl are not equal to heterosexual upl, and therefore not entled to legal regnn and rights as a fay.
MOZILLA CEO RIGNATN OVER ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE NTRIBUTN RAIS EE-SPEECH ISSU
Mozilla Chief Executive Brendan Eich has stepped down, the pany said on Thursday, after an onle datg service urged a boytt of the pany's web browser bee of a donatn Eich ma to opponents of gay marriage. * mozilla ceo gay marriage *
A gay uple who has been together for s shouldn't get the same rights as the met--Vegas-and-immediately-got-hched straight uple? In other words: California's hight urt had led the state's gay marriage ban discrimatory and unnstutnal, and then discrimatn was end to the state nstutn.
MOZILLA CEO RIGNS AMID CONTROVERSY OVER STANCE AGAST GAY MARRIAGE
The rignatn of Mozilla's CEO amid outrage that he supported an anti-gay marriage mpaign is promptg ncerns about how Silin Valley's strongly liberal culture might quash the very openns that is at the regn's foundatn. * mozilla ceo gay marriage *
That is six addnal years that California gay upl' relatnships weren't good enough to secure legal regnn and the benefs that go wh .
While people n feel bad about an unpleasant suatn and sympathy for Eich, I still feel that anyone who is argug that he shouldn't have had to make that choice is -- as a rult -- also argug that people who were grad by Prop 8 and the people who re about them are jt makg a fs and that gay rights don't matter that much.
EXCLIVE: MOZILLA CEO EICH SAYS GAY-MARRIAGE FIRTORM ULD HURT FIREFOX (Q&A)
Brendan Eich, who beme the pany's chief executive ls than two weeks ago, faced a firtorm over his support 2008 of California's Proposn 8, which banned gay marriage the state * mozilla ceo gay marriage *
Even amongst people my circl who intify as nservative, none of them -- as far as I am aware -- are social nservativ who thk that gay marriage should be illegal.
MOZILLA CEO ON GAY MARRIAGE ROW: I KEEP MY PERSONAL BELIEFS OUT OF THE OFFICE
What n we learn om Brendan Eich's rignatn om Mozilla amid ntroversy surroundg his support of an anti-gay marriage bill? SAN FRANCISCO (Rters) - Mozilla Chief Executive Brendan Eich has stepped down, the pany said on Thursday, after an onle datg service urged a boytt of the pany’s web browser bee of a donatn Eich ma to opponents of gay software pany me unr fire for appotg Eich as CEO last month.
”The next step for Mozilla’s learship “is still beg discsed, ” she add, wh more rmatn to e next gay activists appld the move, many the technology muny lamented the parture of Eich, who vented the programmg language Javascript and -found Mozilla. “Brendan Eich is a good iend of 20 years, and has ma a profound ntributn to the Web and to the entire world, ” venture palist Marc Andresen donated $1, 000 2008 support of California’s Proposn 8, which banned gay marriage the state until was stck down by the Supreme Court rignatn me days after, the popular onle datg se, lled for a boytt of Mozilla Firefox to prott the world’s No.
FORMER MOZILLA CEO OTED FOR OPPOSG GAY MARRIAGE MAK EBACK WH NEW INTER BROWSER 'BRAVE'
2 Web browser namg a gay marriage opponent as chief Monday, OkCupid sent a msage to visors who accsed the webse through Firefox, suggtg they e browsers such as Microsoft Corp’s Inter Explorer or Google Inc’s Chrome. “Mozilla’s new CEO, Brendan Eich, is an opponent of equal rights for gay upl, ” the msage said.
Eich is steppg down as CEO and leavg the pany followg protts over his support of a gay marriage ban California. – The rignatn of Mozilla's CEO amid outrage that he supported an anti-gay marriage mpaign is promptg ncerns about how Silin Valley's strongly liberal culture might quash the very openns that is at the regn's foundatn.
MOZILLA NAM TERIM CEO AFTER GAY-MARRIAGE NTROVERSY
He left the nonprof maker of the Firefox browser after fur attacks, largely on Twter, over his $1, 000 ntributn to support of a now-overturned 2008 gay-marriage ban California. "While a handful of workers at top tech firms cludg Apple, Yahoo and Google supported the gay-marriage ban, the vast majory gave money to oppose . Harmeet Dhillon, vice chairman of the California Republin Party, said Silin Valley n be tolerant, and noted 52 percent of California voters supported the anti-gay marriage measure.
Print Dan Cathy's opposn to gay marriage has created ntroversy for the Atlanta-based pany bt known for s ied chicken sandwich and closg on Sundays. But he has mataed his many gay-rights activists and mentators weled Eich's parture, there were Sullivan, a proment gay blogger, railed agast the prsure that led to the rignatn.