Hello,
At first I though you just didn't like that the company fired him for his views, but your first strawman sentence makes it seem like you're also against gay marriage as well.
"I have a different opinion than you" could be used to justify any bad viewpoints or behavior. Where is the line? I'd say it's at equal rights for all humans, but apparently you disagree, despite having no logical argument to back up your view. Why are you even here debating if you're not going to provide anything other than meaningless phrases such as "No two people will ever have exactly the same views on everything" What's the point?
As far as privacy goes, how is this even a privacy situation? When you show your support for a public movement, that's a public act. A private act would be telling a friend or family member. If it was actually private, nobody would know, unless a family member or friend leaked it.
Regardless, when you're a CEO, nothing you do is private. It's the same as if you're a sports star or a celebrity. It's to be expected. He knew what he was getting into, it's the life of a public figure. It might not be right, but that's life, and life never has been, and never will be fair.
The bottom line was his stance on this issue had a chance to have a negative effect on the company. This kind of thing happens A LOT, but is only getting attention now because it has to do with gay marriage.
Where too start, I am not against marriage, I am against the law being changed over time.
The first line of my post was sarcasm, where does the changing of the law end?
Will, eventually, people be able to marry an inanimate object?
The point is that no two people have the exact same views on everything, so why get rid of the CEO because one view does not match someone else.
It is not equal rights for all humans. This CEO who is a human lost his rights to have a personal opinion.
Of course this is a privacy issue. The CEO did this privately not in the companies name. He was doing what he thought was right.
Not even mentioning that weed is less harmfull than tabacco and alcohol as far as I know.
So you don't think a mind altering drug will effect driving skills then?
I also want to point out that is have used Firefox for a very long time, and still do. Not because I agree with their politics or views, but because I started out on Netscape before Internet Explorer.
Steve