His actions were totally public and affected people who worked for him. Thinking “I don’t like broccoli” is a private action. Contributing your effort to take a

His actions were totally public and affected people who worked for him. Thinking “I don’t like broccoli” is a private action. Contributing your effort to take away existing marriages and prevent new ones is not a private action: he isn’t a party to someone else’s marriage and nobody was forcing him to have gay marriage if he didn’t want one, nor would his church be required to perform or recognize them. The only reason to support Prop 8 was an explicitly public political statement that the government would interfere with personal liberties for religious grounds. That’s shameful enough – and completely discredits his purported religious beliefs – but it’s especially bad for an officer of a public company because it creates a hostile working environment. If you’re gay, working for a homophobe means that you have to view any decisions he makes through the lens of whether he thinks your life should be illegal. Even if you only care about the business, anyone with a stake still needs to worry about liability from creating a strong argument for a lawsuit arguing that a negative personnel decision wasn’t based on the stated rationale.