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are you trying to spin prop 8 as a "difference of views"? let me break it down for you:

side a: - straight people have rights - gay people have the same rights - the law does not discriminate in any way

side b: - straight people have exactly the same rights as in side a - gay people have fewer rights - the law discriminates between people depending on who they love

there is literally not a single negative consequence for straight people if gay marriage is legalised, and yet eich spent $1000 in the hope that gay people would continue to be legally seen as lesser. of all the hundreds of causes out there, one motivated by pure spite was what he picked to actively work for.

now as for the "technical people aren't people" strawman, perhaps you aren't familiar with mozilla? it is a tech company - a significant fraction of their employees are technical people. and the company culture (which is shorthand for how the company treats and interacts with its employees) is definitely something the ceo can affect. the company technology stack is more in the cto's purview, and no one ever doubted that eich was competent at that.