[AnimalMuppet]

> but what’s mainly happening here is that it is simply a matter of bad judgement ...

Only if you assume either that his position is so wrong that it could not be held by a reasonable person, or that he shouldn't speak or act on his position in any public way. I consider both of those assumptions to be highly suspect.

> ... and people objecting to the appointment because he's unfit to lead an org like Mozilla

That is exactly using this as a litmus test.

[KuraFire]

You can be reasonable in many aspects and behaviors of your life, and be unreasonable in some that happen to matter more to the situation at hand.

I think it's pretty safe to say that thinking some of your employees are lesser human beings because they happen to not conform to your outdated view of sexuality, romance, and gender identity, is a pretty demonstrably unreasonable position.

[defen]

The jump from "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California" to "thinks gay people are lesser human beings" is absurd. This is why it's not possible to have a reasonable discussion.