Vetoing people at work for their political views is much worse in my opinion.
Context: I am a pro-gay marriage person in a country where it was legalized in 2004.
Having a vision which encompasses society and life is part of the responsibility of a company which has been granted license to operate in society. What is Brandan Eich's vision of gay family life? One that should be banned by law, a cause which is serious enough to warrant his financial contribution? His actions as a man of experienced wisdom says Yes.
This is less true of other C-level positions — Eich as CTO was more ok.
Don't hire people who look for something to be insulted by.
Stronger laws to protect peoples personal lives from media and activists.
> Don't hire people who look for something to be insulted by.
For context: I used to be like that, looking for a fight, even though it was for different cause.
I don't believe in behaving that way anymore, and I think I might have done more harm than good back then even if I had the best intentions.
You do have to trust google, because of the telemetry. Trusting any powerful party based on public, virtuous statements is... "optimistic" is one word. "Reckless" is another.