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Re:Jwz and Brendan Eich discuss the origins of JavaScript (2... by cowsandmilk on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @08:28AM (#7514983)
> Now all the Mozilla employees who want to rise through the ranks must have personal views that conform to public opinion in the USA

You do know proposition 8 passed? which means brendan's view corresponded to the majority of voters... support of gay marriage is hardly "public opinion in the USA"

Re:Jwz and Brendan Eich discuss the origins of JavaScript (2... by sehr on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @08:31AM (#7515000)
I'd venture to guess it's the majority opinion within the tech community, where all of the backlash seems to have started.
Re:Jwz and Brendan Eich discuss the origins of JavaScript (2... by coldpie on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @09:18AM (#7515255)
Polls have been showing majority support since at least 2011, and recent polls have it nearly at 60% supported nationally. The largest effect is the dying off of older homophobes, as youth support is well north of 70%. Opposing gay marriage is a losing issue by any measure, and in another couple of decades we'll look back on these years with the same shame as we do when we discuss black and minority suffrage in the '60s.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_opinion_of_same-sex_marr...