The Rise Of The Same-Sex Marriage Dissidents
April 8, 2014
by Mollie Hemingway
Just days after being named CEO
of Mozilla, Brendan Eich was forced out because he is an opponent of same-sex
marriage. After declining opportunities to recant his views, he
"voluntarily" decided to step down. Responses have been all over the
map.
A writer at Slate actually
tried to justify the termination as a good thing. Libertarian Nick Gillespie
said he was "ambivalent" about Eich's removal but that
Eich's resignation simply "shows how businesses respond to market
signals." And even conservatives weren't rallying behind Eich on the
grounds that marriage is an institution designed around sexual complementarity
so much as by saying that even if he's wrong, conscience should be
protected...Read more.
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