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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 6:49 am to BlackHelicopterPilot
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Lynching belongs to US, mofo!!
You guys have all the fun.
Posted on 4/9/14 at 6:50 am to BlackHelicopterPilot
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Lynching belongs to US, mofo!!
I should have chosen a different word in hindsight.
Posted on 4/9/14 at 6:56 am to Revelator
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OkCupid's CEO Donated to an Anti-Gay Campaign
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I should have chosen a different word in hindsight.
What was done....was seen by me.
Posted on 4/9/14 at 6:58 am to BlackHelicopterPilot
Well we need to boycott OKCupid and ruin the lives of everyone involved ..... Whats OKcupid again?
Posted on 4/9/14 at 7:03 am to fleaux
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Well we need to boycott OKCupid and ruin the lives of everyone involved ..... Whats OKcupid again?
Good point.
I think I might start a competing service catering to black people (or those that want to date a black person
)
I'll call it:
OtayCupid
Posted on 4/9/14 at 7:05 am to fleaux
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Well we need to boycott OKCupid and ruin the lives of everyone involved ..... Whats OKcupid again?
He's also the CEO of Match.com. You might have heard of that one?
Posted on 4/9/14 at 7:06 am to BlackHelicopterPilot
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OtayCupid
And with that, Tbird lost it at work
Posted on 4/9/14 at 7:31 am to TbirdSpur2010
I'm waiting , where's the outrage??
Posted on 4/9/14 at 7:33 am to fleaux
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I'm waiting , where's the outrage??
You'll be waiting a long time.
Posted on 4/9/14 at 7:39 am to BlackHelicopterPilot
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OtayCupid
Posted on 4/9/14 at 8:18 am to BlackHelicopterPilot
quote:Now this is going to be in my head all day long.
OtayCupid
Posted on 4/9/14 at 8:28 am to Revelator
quote:
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 8:38 am to Tyrion Lannister
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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
Nothing is ever going to change about the way that outrage is selectively doled out. Us on the conservative side of the issue are just screwed.
Posted on 4/9/14 at 9:16 am to BlackHelicopterPilot
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OtayCupid
Posted on 4/9/14 at 10:35 am to Taxing Authority
Taxing Authority, plan to elaborate?
Posted on 4/9/14 at 10:42 am to Revelator
quote:Doesnt really deserve it. I'll comment more when the Toddy shows up to display his outrage at this hate mongering CEO and hypocrite.
Taxing Authority, plan to elaborate?
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