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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Eich

> He served as the Mozilla Corporation's chief technical officer before he was appointed chief executive officer, but resigned shortly after his appointment due to pressure over his opposition to same-sex marriage. He subsequently became the cofounder and CEO of Brave Software.

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FWIW... I worked with Brendan @ Mozilla for over a year. Dude expressed zero problems with my queer lifestyle that I didn't hide. I think the problem people had with Brendan was not his opposition for same-sex marriage, but his support for an organization that opposed same-sex marriage. It's a subtle distinction, but one worth making. People are complex.

Sorry, what is the distinction? Being nice to people you know in person but trying to take rights away from the much larger group of people you don't know in person seems, well, worse?

the distinction is between practicing interpersonal bigotry and supporting institutional bigotry. don't be fooled by a warm handshake and a nice smile.