OKCupid prefers that its members not use Mozilla Firefox when logging in to their website -- not because of some token IT problem -- but because the internet browser's new CEO, Brandon Eich, opposes gay marriage.
Eich's public offense came in 2008, when he donated $1,000 to the campaign attempting to pass Proposition 8, intended to outlaw gay marriage in the state of California.
The matchmaking company is so ardently against Eich, whom Firefox appointed CEO last week, that whenever a user enters their site via Firefox, the below message appears on the homepage, the Daily News reported.
"Hello there, Mozilla Firefox user. Pardon this interruption of your OkCupid experience. Mozilla's new CEO, Brendan Eich, is an opponent of equal rights for gay couples. We would therefore prefer that our users not use Mozilla software to access OkCupid."
OkCupid isn't the only entity upset by Eich's promotion. Three of the Mozilla Foundation's six board members quit, while its thousands of employees -- many volunteers -- expressed their varying opinions on Twitter, according to the Daily News.
Christian Rudder, OkCupid's president, decided to post the homepage message after discussing it with his fellow co-founders over the weekend. Mozilla, of course, didn't think the message fair since OkCupid didn't approach them first.
"No matter who you are or who you love, everyone deserves the same rights and to be treated equally," said the statement. "OkCupid never reached out to us to let us know of their intentions, nor to confirm facts."
According to the Daily News, eight percent of OkCupd users are gay or lesbian. Twelve percent of its traffic comes through Mozilla, which has gradually lost the market share to Chrome over the last few years.
