>>>>>>>How about this from Michael Jordan?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>"We cannot and must not tolerate discrimination at any level."---Michael Jordan
>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>But in the book Nothing Else Matters:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>"You f@%^$ flaming f@%^$," Jordan exploded. "You don't get a call on that little touch foul, you f@%^$ f@%^$.
>>>>>>>You don't bring that f@%^$y shit in here. Get your ass back and play, you f@%^$."
>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>That's 4 gay slurs.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Conceivable that his attitudes have changed over the years? He grew up?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Tamar
>>>>>
>>>>>Brendan Eich apparently doesn't get that luxury.
>>>>
>>>>How long in between the two quotes from Jordan? How long since Eich gave the money until the current episode? (I don't know the answer in either case.)
>>>>
>>>>FWIW, there are a number of companies I won't do business with because of the way they behave in the marketplace or the way their owners choose to spend their money. (Think Chick-Fil-A and Hobby Lobby in that latter group, for example.) Not only is that my right, but I'd have thought it's exactly what you'd approve of. And, of course, there are other people whose views differ from mine, and who might choose to direct their business to those companies exactly for the same reasons. (If there were a CostCo close enough to me to be usable, I'd be a member. CVS will be getting more of my business because of their decision to stop selling cigarettes.)
>>>>
>>>>Now, if enough people feel as I do to have an impact on profits, then those companies I'm personally boycotting well might re-examine their behavior. (In the two cases I cited, I see no reason to think that would happen even if it put them out of business, but that's irrelevant to my behavior.)
>>>>
>>>>I spend a large chunk of my childhood without iceberg lettuce and green grapes because my parents supported the efforts of farm workers to unionize. Boycotts can be quite effective.
>>>>
>>>>Tamar
>>>
>>>Not about the boycott. Boycott all you want. This is about the mindset that somebody should be fired for their personal beliefs. The Mozilla outrage didn't stop at boycotts.
>>
>>I don't know enough about the Eich case to have an opinion on it, so I won't comment on the specifics.
>>
>>But certainly as a consumer, I can decide to boycott a company because of someone they employ. The company then has to decide whether my business offers them more value than that employee. That's no different than my boycotting because of a company policy or a product they make.
>>
>>That said, for me to do so, my issues with that person would have to be significant or the problem would have to do with the fit between the person and the company (like a toy company choosing a porn star as spokesmodel, say). What would be significant? Good question, since I can't think of a case where I've done this.
>>
>>Tamar
>
>And I can see that in the case where somebody outwardly makes offensive comments. I have no problem with that. I do have a problem with a segment of the population thinking that having religious values should get you canned.

Regarding homosexuality, the views of those with religious values are not monolithic --

http://filipspagnoli.wordpress.com/stats-on-human-rights/statistics-on-discrimination/statistics-on-discrimination-of-homosexuals/