Democracy in America | Toleration dilemmas

Noise and clamour

Scapegoating Brendan Eich has little to recommend it

By S.M. | NEW YORK

WHEN same-sex marriage activists force an ideological opponent to quit his job, are they violating liberal principles? Andrew Sullivan, a steadfast advocate for gay rights, thinks so. I do too, and John Locke, the great 17th-century theorist of liberalism, would probably agree.

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