re: #165 palomino

In Silicon Valley, Seattle, NYC, and some other places, it’s now becoming that same bridge too far to appoint a CEO who openly opposes SSM. Not necessarily because liberals can’t handle a CEO who disagrees with them on some issues. But because some issues, like gay rights, have achieved a moral status along the lines of civil rights.

That and it’s a numbers game. In places like Silicon Valley, the quest is on for young, dynamic talent. Younger generations have grown up with openly gay friends and family and they expect to work for a company that would treat its LGBT employees the same as their straight ones. Having a CEO donating to anti-gay causes runs counter to that.

Simply put, if a talented developer in his 20’s who’s grown up with LGBT friends and family has a choice between a company with a bigoted CEO that donates to anti-LGBT causes, or a company that openly supports their LGBT talent, guess where that developer is going to go?