Mozilla CEO resignation over anti-gay marriage contribution raises free-speech issues

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The resignation of Mozilla’s CEO amid outrage that he supported an anti-gay marriage campaign is prompting concerns about how Silicon Valley’s strongly liberal culture might quash the very openness that is at the region’s foundation.

Mozilla co-founder Brendan Eich stepped down Thursday as CEO, just days after his appointment. He left the nonprofit maker of the Firefox browser after furious attacks, largely on Twitter, over his $1,000 contribution to support of a now-overturned 2008 gay-marriage ban in California.

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Harmeet Dhillon

Harmeet K. Dhillon founded Dhillon Law Group in 2006. After many years serving as our Managing Partner, she departed the firm in 2025 to serve as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Justice.