I think what people are missing most in this debate is that the guy was just hired as CEO. One of the CEO's most important roles is to manage shitstorms. What

I think what people are missing most in this debate is that the guy was just hired as CEO. One of the CEO's most important roles is to manage shitstorms. Whatever your position is on gay marriage, right out of the gate Eich got overwhelmed. He was the one in the position to do something about the shitstorm, and yet it grew rather than diminished. If you're going to get paid as much as a CEO does, you should be able to finesse difficult PR situations; he clearly couldn't, so it's reasonable that he got axed. The actual topic of the shitstorm doesn't even need to enter into it.