Friday, April 11, 2014

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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