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I dispute that they do but regardless a political statement is not the same thing as a profession of religious tenets.

• freedomben 4y ago
  It's certainly unusual, but all it's saying is that the founder and current dev team hold those religious tenets. It's (explicitly even) not forcing it on others.
  • treis 4y ago
    Wearing a polka dot bowtie is unusual. This crosses the line into being inappropriate for a workplace. It should be obvious why, but if not consider a future where the SQLite team needs to replace a member. What's the plan if the best candidate is an Orthodox Jew? Are they going to update the CoE to read: >The founder of SQLite and all current developers, except for Ruth Cohen, have pledged... Even if they're the nicest and most welcoming Christians in the world and will make a better change without hesitation it's still presents a disincentive for non-Christians. There's simply no place for that in any professional setting.
    • throwawaywu 4y ago
      >>it's still presents a disincentive for non-Christian For some non-Christians. Some of us non-Christians are open to reasonable people of every persuasion.
    • the_third_wave 4y ago
      > still presents a disincentive for non-Christians The CCCoC presents a disincentive to non-progressives or progressives who just happen to disdain identity politics and the race to the bottom in search of ever more fine-grained intersectional levels of oppression that involves.
• the_third_wave 4y ago
  In a truly "diverse" society a political statement would carry the same weight as a religious one.