Respecting the right of someone to have a belief does not mean ignoring that belief when deciding if you like them.
1. Eich is absolutely allowed to be against gay marriage.
2. The Mozilla community is absolutely allowed to be against Eich because of his position on gay marriage.
This is not a discrimination case where Eich is being excluded from a job because of beliefs unrelated to his job. This is a case where Eich is being elected to a job where his job is to represent the Mozilla community. But he doesn't obviously represent the community – potentially disqualifying him from the job.
> This is a case where Eich is being elected to a job where his job is to represent the Mozilla community.
Is the Mozilla community asking him to represent their views on marriage?
If he's making the donations as a private citizen, then it strikes me as odd that he's somehow unqualified to talk about software.
Is the next step asking people to step down because they voted for the losing candidate who represented slightly less than 51% of the voting public? (That's a serious questions & a logical next step in an increasingly partisan ideology that thinks in black & white rather than shades of grey).
> Is the Mozilla community asking him to represent their views on marriage?
No, but why does that matter? The community doesn't want anything to do with him because he's a bigot. He's allowed to do what he wants and the community is allowed to shun him if they want.
1. Eich is absolutely allowed to be against gay marriage.
2. The Mozilla community is absolutely allowed to be against Eich because of his position on gay marriage.
This is not a discrimination case where Eich is being excluded from a job because of beliefs unrelated to his job. This is a case where Eich is being elected to a job where his job is to represent the Mozilla community. But he doesn't obviously represent the community – potentially disqualifying him from the job.