April 11, 2014

The following excerpt is from the letter titled “Public Statement and Request for Formal Clarification by Mozilla Corporation Regarding the Resignation of CEO Brendan Eich” on the Voice of the Voiceless website: “WHEREAS – Mozilla touts an inclusive, safe environment embracing and defending diversity within its organization, it contrarily allowed for a workplace environment so hostile to Mr. Eich as to pressure him into resignation.”

The “Public Statement …” follows in its entirety: To: Mozilla Corporation

In review of the recent circumstances which resulted in the resignation of Brendan Eich as CEO of Mozilla Corporation significant concerns of a large number of individuals and businesses have been raised. Those affected include organizations comprised and representative of those individuals who have changed or seek to change their sexual preference, their supporters and supporting businesses, and individuals and businesses supporting Mozilla and supporting or participating Mozilla employees. Upon review of details reported in the press and statements made both during and after Mr. Eich’s resignation by Mozilla, our organizations have made the following observations and conclusions:

WHEREAS – Mozilla touts an inclusive, safe environment embracing and defending diversity within its organization, it contrarily allowed for a workplace environment so hostile to Mr. Eich as to pressure him into resignation.

WHEREAS – Mozilla touts inclusiveness within its business, it inappropriately uses personal and private opinions, including non-work related activities, as a justification to allow for a hostile workplace environment in support of internal populist politics and to punish employees for their rightful participation in matters of public policy.

WHEREAS – Mozilla defends the notion of diversity, Mozilla Corporate has clearly taken sides against the American public and an unknown number of Mozilla employees on an issue for which other corporations, such as Cisco and Bank of America, have publicly stated they will ensure employee rights to their own opinion and protect their participation on matters of public policy while maintaining a safe and diverse workplace. Mozilla has clearly failed in this regard.

WHEREAS – Workplace diversity is commonly accepted to refer to important personal traits such as race, religion, origin, physical ability or disability and ethnicity, Mozilla has opted to inappropriately include in their workplace the irrelevant and often fluid private issue of sexual proclivities making for a hostile working environment for those privately struggling with, objecting to certain behaviors or in the process of changing their personal sexual identity.

WHEREAS – the voting majority of the United States and the majority of nations hosting Mozilla operations have made clear their position on the public policy matter of so-called ‘gay’ marriage, Mozilla has taken an opposing position to their host nations and the voting majority of the US, thus a huge segment of their customers and an unknown number of its own employees. The opinion of the American public in this regard was made clear in the unprecedented public reaction to incidents with Chick-Fil-A and A&E networks for which Mozilla seems determined to form a trio.

WHEREAS – Brendan Eich has been, and will go down in history as, an individual who has made rarely equaled contributions to society through technological advancement, Mozilla as a technology company appears to be making the statement that improving lives through technology is no longer their primary mission as it permits a workplace hostile to the talent making that mission possible.

WHEREAS – Mozilla’s allowance of this workplace hostility and the loss of Brendan Eich over a minor partisan political issue a priority over their purpose and mission – users, customers, investors and dependent businesses of Mozilla products would seem to want to question the reliability of Mozilla and their invested dependence on Mozilla products.

IN CONCLUSION – We, our members, supporters and supporting businesses call for Mozilla to make a clear statement to its employees as to whether this incident is a dog whistle to all pro-marriage, pro-family, pro-life and religious employees and talent to vacate the company or will Mozilla ensure a truly diverse and safe workplace environment for them.

IN CONCLUSION – We, our members, supporters and supporting businesses call for Mozilla to make a public statement to all of its pro-marriage, pro-family, pro-life and religious investors, users, supporters, personal and business customers as to whether Mozilla holds a discriminatory intent toward doing business with them based on their public policy participation or positions on those policies.
SIGNED:
VOICE OF THE VOICELESS
DAVID H. PICKUP, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist
MISSION AMERICA
AFTAH
ANDRE VILLENUEVE, Ph.D. John Vianney Seminary
HOMOSEXUALS ANONYMOUS
JASON – INTERNATIONAL EX-GAY MINISTRY
CATHOLICS FOR ISRAEL
GAYMARRIAGENOTHANKS UK
BTS FACHGESELLSCHAFT für PSYCHOLOGIE und SEELSORGEE gGmbH, Germany
DR. ROBERT GAGNON, Ph.D
AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYLVANIA
CENTER FOR MARRIAGE POLICY
A-GATE SPRINGHEAD UK
Chaplain GORDON JAMERS KLINGENSCHMITT, Ph.D., ‘THE PRAY IN JESUS NAME PROJECT’
GABRIELE KUBY, Author
PARENTS AND FRIENDS OF GAYS AND EX-GAYS (PFOX)
A-GATE UK
JONAH INTERNATIONAL
HELP4FAMILIES
PARAKALEO MINISTRY UK
THE OVERCOMERS NETWORK
RESTORED HOPE NETWORK
LUKAS KIENER, M.D., Facharzt für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie FMHBärenmatte, Switzerland

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