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OkCupid's CEO Donated to an Anti-Gay Campaign Once, Too. Oops!
Posted on 4/9/14 at 6:33 am
Posted on 4/9/14 at 6:33 am
Ok Cupid CEO
More food for thought
I'm waiting for the gay mafia to destroy him too.
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But there's a hitch: 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. Among other measures, Cannon voted for laws prohibiting government from denying funds to medical facilities that withhold abortion information, stopping minors from crossing state lines to obtain an abortion, and banning family planning funding in US aid abroad. Cannon also earned a 7 percent rating from the ACLU for his poor civil rights voting record: He voted to amend FISA to allow warrant-less electronic surveillance, to allow NSA intelligence gathering without civil oversight, and to reauthorize the PATRIOT act. Of course, it's been a decade since Yagan's donation to Cannon, and a decade or more since many of Cannon's votes on gay rights. It's possible that Cannon's opinions have shifted, or maybe his votes were more politics than ideology; a tactic by the Mormon Rep. to satisfy his Utah constituency. It's also quite possible that Yagan's politics have changed since 2004: He donated to Barack Obama's campaign in 2007 and 2008. Perhaps even Firefox's Eich has rethought LGBT equality since his 2008 donation. But OkCupid didn't include any such nuance in its take-down of Firefox.
More food for thought
I'm waiting for the gay mafia to destroy him too.
This post was edited on 4/9/14 at 6:51 am
Posted on 4/9/14 at 6:44 am to Revelator
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I'm waiting for the gay mafia to lynch him too.
Lynching belongs to US, mofo!!
Posted on 4/9/14 at 8:28 am to Revelator
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OkCupid's CEO Donated to an Anti-Gay Campaign Once, Too. Oops!
Crucify him!
Posted on 4/9/14 at 8:35 am to Revelator
You'll never hear a word about this from the mainstream media. There's gonna be a rush to circle the wagons and defend him to somehow find a way that his donation was "different" than Eich's and his wasn't hateful. The hypocrisy never ceases
Posted on 4/9/14 at 10:49 am to Revelator
If this is your benchmark for donating to anti gay campaign, then this should be your benchmark for other things too.
And frankly I think you are going to find every candidate lacking in some aspect. He gave $500, 10 years ago to a candidate. its pretty common for business leaders to donate to both campaigns in a race that affects their business.
Obviously he is a piece of shite for what he did to firefox but really this bar is set super low.
And frankly I think you are going to find every candidate lacking in some aspect. He gave $500, 10 years ago to a candidate. its pretty common for business leaders to donate to both campaigns in a race that affects their business.
Obviously he is a piece of shite for what he did to firefox but really this bar is set super low.
Posted on 4/9/14 at 11:19 am to Revelator
We need a Pro-Gay/Anti-Gay Board.
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