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Some employees of Mozilla Foundation (a separate organization from Mozilla Corporation) tweeted calls for his resignation, with reference to his donation of $1,000 to California Proposition 8, which called for the banning of same-sex marriage in California.[20][21] This donation had first made international news in 2012.[1] Eich stood by his decision to fund the campaign, but wrote on his blog that he was sorry for "causing pain" and pledged to promote equality at Mozilla.[17][22] Some of the activists created an online campaign[citation needed] against Eich, with online dating site OkCupid automatically displaying a message to Firefox users with information about Eich's donation, and suggesting that users switch to a different browser (although giving them a link to continue with Firefox).[23][24][25] Others at the Mozilla Corporation spoke out on their blogs in his favor.[26][27] Board members wanted him to stay in the company in a different role.[28] On April 3, 2014, Eich resigned as CEO and left Mozilla; in his personal blog, he posted, "under the present circumstances, I cannot be an effective leader".[3][29] The resignation also made international news, and was viewed as due to Eich's opposition to same-sex marriage.[2][30][4]

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