By Dietrich Schmitz
[Edit 4/3/2014 17:00 GMT-5: Brendan Eich steps down as Mozilla CEO ]
It never ceases to amaze me how narrow-minded and judgmental people can be. Scary even.
I have worked with many people from different walks of life and can tell you that first-hand experience tells me that 'intolerance' is a form of hatred and leads to extremism. The world is filled with extremists who unfortunately seek to further their own agendas at the expense of others, and who have created misery and death. (Image right: Brendan Eich)
So, that makes me what? Anti-Extremist? I hope so. And I really don't like to see when a cross-section of 'Human Beings' is simply marginalized as though they should not be conferred equal rights.
It's time to take a stand against recently appointed Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich who has taken sides on Proposition 8 in favor of restricting the right to marry to heterosexuals only.
Gay people who want to marry, should, I believe, have as much a right to do so as any other sexually-oriented group. Their love for one another is just as strong as yours and mine. They feel the same things we do, share the same life hopes and desires, and deserve like treatment. That should be obvious. Sadly, it is not.
With that, I am making a statement:
[Edit 4/3/2014 17:00 GMT-5: Brendan Eich steps down as Mozilla CEO ]
I have worked with many people from different walks of life and can tell you that first-hand experience tells me that 'intolerance' is a form of hatred and leads to extremism. The world is filled with extremists who unfortunately seek to further their own agendas at the expense of others, and who have created misery and death. (Image right: Brendan Eich)
So, that makes me what? Anti-Extremist? I hope so. And I really don't like to see when a cross-section of 'Human Beings' is simply marginalized as though they should not be conferred equal rights.
It's time to take a stand against recently appointed Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich who has taken sides on Proposition 8 in favor of restricting the right to marry to heterosexuals only.
Gay people who want to marry, should, I believe, have as much a right to do so as any other sexually-oriented group. Their love for one another is just as strong as yours and mine. They feel the same things we do, share the same life hopes and desires, and deserve like treatment. That should be obvious. Sadly, it is not.
With that, I am making a statement:
If Brendan Eich does not step down from Mozilla, I will no longer use any Mozilla product whatsoever.
It is wrong in my judgment and Mozilla need a CEO who is 'fair and balanced' with respect not only to technical acumen but also with how they relate to others in real-world terms.
Thus, Dear Reader, I ask you to join me in boycotting Mozilla as well.
Collectively, we can influence Mozilla Governance to reconsider appointing a qualified replacement CEO candidate having unbiased, even-handed thinking.
-- Dietrich
It is wrong in my judgment and Mozilla need a CEO who is 'fair and balanced' with respect not only to technical acumen but also with how they relate to others in real-world terms.
Thus, Dear Reader, I ask you to join me in boycotting Mozilla as well.
Collectively, we can influence Mozilla Governance to reconsider appointing a qualified replacement CEO candidate having unbiased, even-handed thinking.
-- Dietrich
