As Twitchy reported, Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich stepped down last week after dating site OKCupid urged a boycott of Mozilla’s Firefox browser. Eich’s crime? Donating $1,000 to the campaign for California’s Proposition 8 back in 2008.
Mother Jones is reporting Monday, however, that OKCupid CEO Sam Yagan once donated $500 to a candidate who voted for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.
OkCupid’s co-founder and CEO Sam Yagan once donated to an anti-gay candidate. (Yagan is also CEO of Match.com.) Specifically, Yagan donated $500 to Rep. Chris Cannon (R-Utah) in 2004, reports Uncrunched. During his time as congressman from 1997 to 2009, Cannon voted for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, against a ban on sexual-orientation based job discrimination, and for prohibition of gay adoptions.
He’s also voted for numerous anti-choice measures, earning a 0 percent rating from NARAL Pro Choice America.
This is so rich RT @instapundit: Stone, meet glass house. OKCupid CEO gave to anti-gay cause too. http://t.co/QhvdwCH5Y8
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) April 8, 2014
@TheRickWilson @instapundit It’s like Six Degrees of ThoughtCrime, eh @okcupid?
— Lance Salyers (@lancesalyers) April 8, 2014
.@TheRickWilson @instapundit @H_Lev I guess all Bill Clinton donors have to go, too, since he signed DOMA.
— Bill Hammond (@NYHammond) April 8, 2014
@TheRickWilson If we had to atone for the sins of the candidates we donated to, there'd be a worldwide shortage of rosary beads.
— Charles McGuinness (@SocialSeerCom) April 8, 2014
@SenatorReid took Koch money. @okcupid's CEO donated to an anti-gay campaign.
Hypocrisy overfloweth the righteous lefty cup.
— Michelle Ray (@GaltsGirl) April 8, 2014
Well this certainly isn’t convenient: OkCupid's CEO Donated to an Anti-Gay Campaign Once, Too http://t.co/pRK5RYBX7s
— Kemberlee Kaye (@KemberleeKaye) April 8, 2014
Oh what the you-know-what next. Your move, Cupid. http://t.co/V1EcrcBsey
— Dana Perino (@DanaPerino) April 8, 2014
What if the CEO of OKCupid who started the whole Mozilla nonsense donated to an anti-gay campaign? Oh wait, he did. http://t.co/pRK5RYBX7s
— Kemberlee Kaye (@KemberleeKaye) April 8, 2014
.@DirectorBlue Homophobe Hypocrisy! Sam Yagan, OkCupid Co-Founder and CEO, Funded Anti-Gay Campaign! http://t.co/AVlAAZGmjI @RSMcCain #TGDN
— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) April 8, 2014
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/453357479842566144
Oh hey. The CEO of @okcupid donated to an anti gay campaign, too. http://t.co/CWtCTtCS2Z
— Michelle Fields (@MichelleFields) April 8, 2014
https://twitter.com/SonnyBunch/status/453354554193870849
https://twitter.com/Matthops82/status/453354967118913536
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Editor’s note: Legal Insurrection notes that credit for uncovering Yagan’s donation should go to The Daily Caller’s Chuck Ross, who was uncredited in Mother Jones’ coverage.
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