It’s surprising to see that the truth has no place in the world today. Times have changed. Cultures have been diluted. The originality of mankind has lost its flavor and it is drilling down to our daily lives trying to make way into the survival of man. This observation of mine is from my perspective of life but the world today has a different perspective under the guise of equality and freedom of speech.
It was announced on Mozilla’s official blog that that CEO Brendan Eich has resigned from his post, after his appointment caused an uproar due to his past anti-gay leanings. Equality and Freedom of speech has been emphasized by Mozilla. Free speech is needed to fight for equality says Mozilla. “Figuring out how to stand for both at the same time can be hard. Our organizational culture reflects diversity and inclusiveness. We welcome contributions from everyone regardless of age, culture, ethnicity, gender, gender-identity, language, race, sexual orientation, geographical location and religious views. Mozilla supports equality for all.”
Mozilla also said that the future of its leadership is “still being discussed.” We do not know if the board members who resigned last week in protest over Eich’s hiring will return to their positions, or who will assume the role of CEO and take Eich’s place.
Dating site OkCupid removed the letter which denounced the hiring of Eich from its site. Meanwhile, reactions to Eich’s resignation are already coming in from all over the tech world, via Twitter.
Back then, Both Mozilla and its newly minted CEO Brendan Eich took a lot of heat over the firm’s decision to hire Eich after it was revealed that the JavaScript inventor donated money in support of the Proposition 8 campaign in California in 2008. Proposition 8 sought to recognize marriage between men and women as the only form of legal marriage.
Since Eich’s appointment, three members of Mozilla’s board have resigned in protest, and now online dating site OKCUPID has given its two cents on the matter, urging users to switch to a browser other than Firefox when using their service.
When using Firefox, if you navigate to the OkCupid home page, you’re greeted with a message that includes the following: ”Mozilla’s new CEO, Brendan Eich, is an opponent of equal rights for gay couples. We would therefore prefer that our users not use Mozilla software to access OkCupid. Politics is normally not the business of a website, and we all know there’s a lot more wrong with the world than misguided CEOs. So you might wonder why we’re asserting ourselves today. This is why: we’ve devoted the last 10 years to bringing people—all people—together. If individuals like Mr. Eich had their way, then roughly 8 percent of the relationships we’ve worked so hard to bring about would be illegal. Equality for gay relationships is personally important to many of us here at OkCupid. But it’s professionally important to the entire company. OkCupid is for creating love. Those who seek to deny love and instead enforce misery, shame, and frustration are our enemies, and we wish them nothing but failure.”
