OKCupid urge browsers to ditch Mozilla Firefox in gay rights row
Dating website OKCupid has waded into the row surrounding Firefox CEO Brendan Eich, a prominent opponent of gay marriage, by urging its users to ditch the web browser in favour of Google Chrome, internet Explorer or Opera.
Visitors to the OKCupid site are currently being presented with a short message explaining the firm’s stance, describing Eich as ‘misguided’ and an ‘enemy’.
In a statement the dating site said: “Politics is normally not the business of a website, and we all know there’s a lot more wrong with the world than misguided CEOs. So you might wonder why we’re asserting ourselves today. This is why: we’ve devoted the last ten years to bringing people—all people—together. If individuals like Mr. Eich had their way, then roughly 8% of the relationships we’ve worked so hard to bring about would be illegal.
“Equality for gay relationships is personally important to many of us here at OkCupid. But it’s professionally important to the entire company. OkCupid is for creating love. Those who seek to deny love and instead enforce misery, shame, and frustration are our enemies, and we wish them nothing but failure. “
Responding to the charge Mozilla said that it had not been contacted by OKCupid and that it supported ‘equality for all, including marriage equality for LGBT couples.”