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Brendan Eich donated $1000 in 2008 to support "Prop 8" in California. Prop 8 was a constitutional amendment that required the state to only recognize marriage b
by blendergeek 4y ago
Brendan Eich donated $1000 in 2008 to support "Prop 8" in California. Prop 8 was a constitutional amendment that required the state to only recognize marriage between one man and one woman.
In 2014, this donation came to light after he was appointed CEO of the Mozilla Corporation. Much outrage ensued and Eich was more or less forced to resign.
- mistrial9 4y ago... and California Prop. 8 passed by a majority of voters in 2008. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_California_Proposition_8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_California_Proposition_8
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- tuukkah 4y ago... and the courts struck it down as unconstitutional: > In August 2010, Chief Judge Vaughn Walker ruled that the amendment was unconstitutional under both the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment,[6] since it purported to re-remove rights from a disfavored class only, with no rational basis.