> That's just factually wrong. Proposition 8 deprived nobody of any rights. Gay couples could get exactly the same rights as straight couples through a domestic partnership, or get married out of state, as even Wikipedia admits:

The US rejected separate but equal since decades.

California domestic partnerships provided most of the same rights as marriage. Not all. The California legislature had to pass bills after to address this.[1]

The bill which afforded same sex couples married out of state the same rights as heterosexual couples married in state passed over 11 months after Proposition 8 took effect. The citation of the last sentence revealed this. You did not read it?

Heterosexual couples were not required to marry out of state.

> Additionally, proposition 8 was not extreme. It was carried by a majority of California voters

Most jobs have requirements which most California voters would not meet.

> Barack Obama said at the time: “I personally believe that marriage is between a man and a woman” which is essentially what the proposition established too, though Obama opposed using a ballot proposition to settle the issue.

Obama opposed stripping rights by vote is a significant difference.

And Obama changed his public position by 2014. Eich was unable to say he would not repeat his harmful action.

And many people suspected Obama's opposition to same sex marriage was a lie in 2008 even. 1 of his advisers claimed this later.

> Eich _was_ fired for his political views

Eich said he resigned because he could not be an effective leader under the circumstances.[2] Did he lie?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_partnership_in_Califo...

[2] https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/mozilla-ceo-eich-res...