Few things in life amuse me more than when Sam posts links to conservative blogs and offers them up as 'proof' he is right.
On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 8:35 AM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ryan T. Anderson, the William E. Simon Fellow in Religion and a Free > Society, warned that 'bullies" were poisoning democratic discourse by > attacking anyone who doesn't share their view: > The outrageous treatment of Eich is the result of one private, personal > campaign contribution to support marriage as a male-female union, a view > affirmed at the time by President Barack Obama, then-Sen. Hillary Clinton, > and countless other prominent officials. After all, Prop 8 passed with the > support of 7 million California voters. > > So was President Obama a bigot back when he supported marriage as the union > of a man and woman? And is characterizing political disagreement on this > issue--no matter how thoughtfully expressed--as hate speech really the way > to > find common ground and peaceful co-existence? > Sure, the employees of Mozilla--which makes Firefox, the popular Internet > browser--have the right to protest a CEO they dislike, for whatever reason. > But are they treating their fellow citizens with whom they disagree > civilly? Must every political disagreement be a capital case regarding the > right to stand in civil society? > > When Obama "evolved" on the issue just over a year ago, he insisted that > the debate about marriage was legitimate. He said there are people of > goodwill on both sides. > > Hans von Spakovsky, manager of the Election Law Reform Initiative and > senior legal fellow, said the episode was an example of how the disclosure > of political contributions served as a means to intimidate and harass an > individual for his personal views: > > Before Eich resigned, he pointed out that he had kept his personal beliefs > out of Mozilla and that they were not relevant to his job as CEO. He was > exactly right, although that did not prevent him from resigning. > > In a startling display of irony that was obviously lost on her, Mozilla > Executive Chairwoman Mitchell Baker, who approved of Eich's resignation, > said it was necessary because "preserving Mozilla's integrity was > paramount." She seems not to recognize that forcing a founder of the > company to resign because of his personal beliefs that have nothing to do > with his qualifications as a corporate officer is the exact opposite of > "integrity." > > Eich is certainly not alone in his predicament. As the Heritage Foundation > previously pointed out, other supporters of Proposition 8 in California > have been subjected to harassment, intimidation, vandalism, racial > scapegoating, blacklisting, loss of employment, economic hardships, angry > protests, violence, death threats, and anti-religious bigotry. All > committed by individuals claiming they are simply trying to gain > "acceptance" and who complain about the supposed intolerance of society > over their lifestyle. > > > http://blog.heritage.org/2014/04/04/ceo-made-political-donation-lost-job-liberals-didnt-like > > . > > > > On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 8:26 AM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > > You sound proud. > > > > . > > > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 1:28 AM, Eric Roberts < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > >> He was forced to do so by his employees, who were disgusted by his > actions > >> and demanded that he step down. > >> > >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:369758 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
