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Re:Brendan Eich of Mozilla gave $1000 to support gay marriag... by underscor on Tuesday April 03, 2012 @12:17PM (#3793532)
This isn't really an HN topic, is it?

Also, anyone can fucking donate to whoever they want. Notice in the "name" column it says "Brendan Elch", not "Mozilla, Inc." What he does with his money is his business.

Re:Brendan Eich of Mozilla gave $1000 to support gay marriag... by EvilTrout on Tuesday April 03, 2012 @01:07PM (#3793793)
It says "Mozilla" right beside his name. I think most people would have less of an issue of he donated without stating his employer.
Re:Brendan Eich of Mozilla gave $1000 to support gay marriag... by ubernostrum on Tuesday April 03, 2012 @09:18PM (#3795704)
In the US, currently, if an individual donates more than $200 to certain types of political campaigns, that individual's name, address, occupation and employer must be included in campaign finance disclosures. $1000 > $200, so that's why the information is there.

As an aside: my previous job was in journalism, and generally in that field there's a (self-enforced) ethical code against making such donations largely because the employer's name is disclosed and could lead people to assume endorsement by a news outlet.

Re:Brendan Eich of Mozilla gave $1000 to support gay marriag... by daeken on Tuesday April 03, 2012 @01:54PM (#3794015)
I don't know much about the law here, but isn't it required that you make such information public? That is, isn't that part of how campaign donations are tracked and regulated?