Posted on 03/25/2014 12:12:04 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Gay marriage is not a gay issue, nor is it liberal or conservative. It is an equality issue, since basic rights of Americans, who happen to be gay, are threatened. As more and more people wake up from the slumber of ignorance and see the light in supporting gay marriage, there are still people that refuse to evolve. You can hate anyone you want, and if you hate gay people, that hate is your burden to live with. Quite frankly, gay people do not need your love or approval, although I'm sure it would be appreciated. What they do need though, is to be treated equally by the government that they live under and pay taxes to.
When people donate money to anti-gay causes, they can sometimes fuel hatred and anti-American values. After all, equal rights are the foundation of the USA. Sadly, the new CEO of Mozilla, Brendan Eich, who was appointed today, allegedly donated $1,000 to support a ban on gay marriage. Two developers, Hampton Catlin and his husband Michael, are boycotting Mozilla as a result.
"Today we were shocked to read that Brendan Eich has been appointed Mozilla CEO. As a gay couple who were unable to get married in California until recently, we morally cannot support a Foundation that would not only leave someone with hateful views in power, but will give them a promotion and put them in charge of the entire organization", says Hampton Catlin.
Catlin further explains, "I certainly recognize that there are great people at Mozilla. And that lots of people there want the org to be open and supportive. However, the board could have chosen ANY of those other, awesome people at Mozilla to be CEO. Hey, I've got a crazy idea, how about a woman at Mozilla? Nope. Out of all the possible candidates they could have chosen, they chose Brendan Eich. CEO's are extremely important to an organization. Their ideas, beliefs, philosophies, and personalities drive organizations".
Catlin writes the following letter to Mozilla:
Dear Mozilla,
As a married gay couple who are co-founders of this venture, we have chosen to boycott all Mozilla projects. We will not develop apps or test styles on Firefox anymore.
Effective today, we're removing Color Puzzle from the Firefox Marketplace and stopping work on all of our Firefox-related applications, notably the about-to-launch Firefox version of the popular Dictionary! app for iPhone and Android.
This is in protest of the appointment of Brendan Eich to the position of CEO of the Mozilla Foundation, where he had previously served as CTO.
We will continue our boycott until Brendan Eich is completely removed from any day to day activities at Mozilla, which we believe is extremely unlikely after all he’s survived and the continued support he has received from Mozilla.
This makes us very sad, as we love the little guy fighting to make things better. But it’s because of our status as a minority that we simply can’t ignore this slap in the face of giving him a promotion to lead your organization.
Sincerely,
Hampton Catlin
As you can see, Catlin loves Firefox, and is very torn and upset by the boycott. While Brendan Eich has the right to believe anything he wants, that belief comes with consequences. Obviously, a loss of developers and a blemish on Mozilla and Firefox are just a few, and it will be interesting to see how both the company and CEO react.
Do you support the boycott? Tell me in the comments.
I am SICK of these Homonazis, trying to force us to celebrate sodomy.
Gay marriage is NOT an equality issue because men and women are different. Men and women are NOT interchangeable.
Men and women already have basic rights. Trying to force fit civil rights into the same sex marriage issue reflects serious specious reasoning, especially by lawyers in black robes.
The new version of Internet Explorer is quite an upgrade; with it you can download Firefox twice as fast.
I’ve used Firefox exclusively for several years. I love it. Kudos to the CEO for standing up for his beliefs. To hell with the faggot mafia.
“For some reason the software developer crowd is very liberal.”
Because code is amoral; it attracts amoral people, and amorality — or, at least, the pretension to amorality — is a core tenet of the liberal faith.
Been using TOR The Onion Router to give our friends at the NSA something to do for their fat checks. The TOR browser is Firefox and the switch from Chrome is a little startling.
It's interesting to see how much information isn't passed by (or is assumed from your IP) the TOR browser, especially when you google something and find the default response is in French.
Fight the Free Sh☭t Nation 
Went to www.facebook.com/mozilla and it’s obvious the queers are networking to bomb the page with their classic, typical hater/homophobe/bigot attacks.
So, how about the hardware crowd?
This is not an equality issue. It’s a morality issue. Hell will be full of modern Americans like this clown.
You got it !
No such thing as “gay” marriage. A marriage cannot be gay.
Same-sex marriage does not require that the partners be gay. Most of the gay people I know were married to members of the opposite sex at one time.
If you are homosexual something has gone terribly wrong with either your mental or physical development. Gay sodomy is not what the reproductive organs were designed for. It’s just a fact. Therefore, it is wrong to say that homosexuality is equal to heterosexuality. There is no such thing as a true gay marriage. Marriage is between a man and a woman. I don’t care what legal arrangements have been made to accommodate these perverts.
What do you call a REST STOP on an interstate road after dark?
Faggot Magnet.
LOL, thanks.. this is what FR is all about a laugh to beak up the day.
Yes that is true, but in my part of the world it does not pass for normal social discourse let alone, wholesome PC like it does in CA.
You are not allowed to disagree with the fascists
The writer’s name is Fagioli???
Anderson Poopers new Nom de plume???
GAY is an acronym !
G ot
A ids
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Thought control commissars in action.
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