Mozilla stands up for equality (Victory!)

[Jackpine Radical]

I can now re-install Firefox--

Mozilla stands up for equality
Dear Jackpine,


Today, Mozilla’s Board of Directors and CEO Brendan Eich announced that Eich has decided to step down from the role of chief executive officer, effective immediately. The decision to step down comes after a week of intense backlash against Mozilla over Eich’s past support for efforts to deny equal marriage rights to gays and lesbians.

This is an important moment for the Mozilla community and a critical development in our ongoing fight for equality and the open web.

From Mozilla’s official statement:

“Brendan Eich has chosen to step down from his role as CEO. He’s made this decision for Mozilla and our community. Mozilla believes both in equality and freedom of speech. Equality is necessary for meaningful speech. And you need free speech to fight for equality. Figuring out how to stand for both at the same time can be hard.”
No doubt Mozilla will be viciously attacked by the rightwing for taking this courageous stand.

You can show your support for Mozilla in several ways:

1) If you are on Twitter, show your public support by including the hashtags #standwithmozilla and #switchtofirefox

Here are some suggested tweets:

.@Mozilla stands up for equality! CEO steps down. #standwithmozilla #p2 #lgbt

CEO of @Mozilla steps down. #standwithmozilla by switching to @Firefox #p2 #lgbt

Victory for equality. #standwithmozilla #switchtofirefox #p2 #lgbt

2) Share this image in support on Facebook (just click the image):
https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FCREDO%2Fphotos%2Fa.121478005967.124121.6851405967/10152687661890968%2F%3Ftype=1&theater

3) If you’re not already using Firefox, consider switching to the only browser that supports equality for all under the law, net neutrality and an end to mass warrantless spying by the NSA.

[rhett o rick]

1. What about those that dont du FB or Twitter. nm

[Jackpine Radical]

2. I just copy & paste, my friend.

I took this from a Credo Action email.

[rhett o rick]

4. I need an email for them, I think. I use Firefox and DuckDuckGo. nm

[Jackpine Radical]

5. Here's the general Credo Action website.

http://credoaction.com/

I wish I could use Credo as my telecom provider, but they piggyback on Sprint, which has lousy service in my neck of the woods, so I'm stuck with Verizon.

[rhett o rick]

7. Thanks. If I had the only vote in my house I would go with Credo. nm

[TroglodyteScholar]

3. Sometimes folks do good... n/t

[AverageJoe90]

6. Victory, indeed! Good on you, Mozilla. =)