Brendan Eich left the maker of the Firefox browser after furious attacks over his $1,000 contribution in support of a now-overturned gay-marriage ban in California.
In a House speech, U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va., noted that when Eich made his donation in 2008, then-presidential candidate Barack Obama also said he believed that marriage was only the union of a man and a woman.
Wolf said Americans shouldn’t be “demonized” or driven from their jobs over what, for many, remains a deeply held religious conviction.
He said America was founded on principles of free speech and freedom of religion and “has never been defined by mob rule.”
Pictured here is: Brendan Eich