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by pdog 2354 days ago
> Eich (inventor of JavaScript, for the record) was ousted over a private political contribution to a cause that a near-majority of Californians supported just a few years earlier.

Minor correction: Prop 8 was supported by the majority (52%) in California.

In fact, Prop 8 (which Brendan Eich donated in support of) passed by 600,000 votes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_California_Proposition_8