[quesera]

I think this is 95% satisfactory.

It's unreasonable to demand that someone change their mind about something (and would you believe it if he claimed he had?), but it's imperative to be sure that his personal opinion will not bleed into his executive function.

He knows he's outnumbered, and on the wrong side of history. But he recognizes that he can't change himself on demand. It's the best we can hope for in an honest person. Or, at least, it's the first step.

Vigilance, however, is warranted.

[harlanlewis]

Eich doesn't appear committed to his personal politics over simply getting through the immediate PR firestorm, and as a result the Mozilla organization may now do more to support LBGT communities than if they'd promoted someone who didn't provoke such a strong response.

Combative and messy, but it might be what progress looks like.

[Tobu]

The last he said about his personal politics was this: https://brendaneich.com/2012/04/community-and-diversity/

Enough people have gotten in touch about this that hopefully he'll change his mind about marriage rights in society at large (today's post was still specifically about Mozilla's principles), but he will probably hold on to the fact that this topic is a private (by which people often mean religious) matter for a while longer.

[mythz]

Agreed, if he instead claimed that he changed his beliefs as a result of public opinion, he'd have come across as either weak-minded or a liar.

It's satisfactory as long as he doesn't abuse his position of power to impose or further his personal political/religious beliefs within Mozilla.

[aestra]

>It's unreasonable to demand that someone change their mind about something (and would you believe it if he claimed he had?)

It can happen. Take New York Senator Mark Grisanti as an example. He ran on the campaign against gay marriage. When the vote came up for the Marriage Equality Act, he studied the issue extensively and changed his mind. He voted "yes" on the bill. The bill passed despite needing a couple Republican votes "yes" in order to do so.

Watch the speech he gave when voting. It is really inspiring. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEfN26t5yk8

"I would not respect myself if I didn't do the research, have an open mind, and make a decision, an informed decision, based on the information before me"

[cookiecaper]

He's on the right side of history. Our society no longer recognizes excess or decadence as problematic, which should indicate that we're in the midst of a decadent downfall. Today's social progressives will be disproved and social renormalization will occur out of necessity for survival, as it has the many times this cycle has been repeated throughout human history.

Just doing my part to counteract the HN echo chamber, and demonstrate that there are technically capable, intelligent persons on the other side of this debate, for the benefit of the technically capable, intelligent persons that may be shamed out of their accurate opinion by the bullying of the pro-gay lobby.