Tbf opposing gay marriage is quite an extreme opinion in much of the developed world. I suspect Eich's position on the matter is tied to his Roman Catholic faith, so although he showed a certain level of remorse in 2014, he never actually came out in support of gay marriage. He then later spread misinformation about mask-wearing during COVID, including suggestions that people could die from wearing a mask.

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andrewla 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Prop 8, the anti-gay-marriage proposition that Eich donated money to support, passed with 52% of the vote.

Eich never clarified his position (nor did he retract it nor apologize) so we have literally no idea what aspect of this he supported along with 52% of the population of California.

	▲	xienze an hour ago \| parent [-]
		> Prop 8, the anti-gay-marriage proposition that Eich donated money to support, passed with 52% of the vote. I'm sure you'll eventually have someone chime in here that the proposition was "misleading" and there were "disinformation campaigns" that resulted in this 52% figure, AKA "doesn't count, we know what the vote 'should have been'." People forget that Obama famously stated "marriage is between a man and a woman" in 2008 (was he lying to appeal to more voters? Possibly, but the fact is he said it). It was a very mainstream opinion at the time.

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bluecalm 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I don't think it's fair to call it "extreme". Small minority in some countries, minority in most and about half of the population in some is imo a fair assessment. Even in USA it looks more like 70-30 if I am reading the polls correctly.

	▲	Capricorn2481 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> I don't think it's fair to call it "extreme". Small minority in some countries What does that matter? I would expect us to not care about a small minority doing something everyone else does. Not to actively legislate against their right to do it. If anything, this makes it more extreme.