MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, April 7, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com) — Pundits and others across the political spectrum, including numerous supporters of same-sex “marriage,” are criticizing Mozilla for forcing out former CEO and cofounder Brandon Eich.
Eich, who invented JavaScript, accepted the position of CEO in late March. However, within days activists had launched a campaign to force him out over a $1,000 donation he made to support Proposition 8 in 2008. Homosexual activists and their supporters, including the online dating company OKCupid, initiated boycotts and media pressure against Mozilla.
Despite the company's assurances that Eich would always treat employees equally, the pressure was unrelenting, and Eich stepped down less than two weeks after taking the helm.
According to openly homosexual Republican strategist Jimmy LaSalvia, who co-founded GOProud, “There are no winners here.” LaSalvia told LifeSiteNews that while he believes the battle over acceptance of homosexual relationships is “over,” he also thinks that “the gay left was wrong to push this issue.”
LaSalvia, who discussed the controversy on “Fox & Friends” this morning, expanded upon his criticism in a blog post on the subject. “I don’t think Eich should have lost his job and I think that Mozilla handled the controversy poorly,” LaSalvia wrote.
William Saletan had a similar opinion in a satirical piece at Slate.com entitled “Purge the Bigots.” Saletan, who supports same-sex “marriage,” pointed out how there were 35,000 donors in support Proposition 8. Mockingly, he wrote, “If we’re serious about taking down corporate officers who supported Proposition 8, and boycotting employers who promote them, we'd better get cracking on the rest of the list. Otherwise, perhaps we should put down the pitchforks.”
Comedian Bill Maher said the pressure from gay rights activists and Eich's subsequent resignation were signs of a “gay Mafia,” and indicated at another point he thought the response to Eich's donation was an overreaction.
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The New York Times' Frank Bruni, hardly a social conservative, wrote that the “vilification” of Eich is not productive, “and it doesn’t reflect well on” what he calls “the victors” of the same-sex “marriage” fight. Donald Trump echoed similar sentiments, calling the attacks on Eich “very unfair.”
Over the weekend, conservatives rallied behind Eich in droves.
Former presidential candidate Newt Gingrich called the pressure “the new fascism,” and pointed to hypocrisy among gay rights activists. “If you don’t agree with us 100 percent, we have the right to punish you, unless you’re like Hillary [Clinton] and like Barack Obama, and you recant,” he said.
One blogger noted that Eich's donation has been known since 2012 — long before he became CEO — and Christian writer Joe Carter commented that the tactics used against Eich have long been part of the homosexual victimization strategy.
Numerous conservatives, including activist Ben Shapiro and Princeton professor Robert George, are calling for a boycott of Mozilla in light of Eich's departure.