Regardless of whether we agree with someone's political, religious, or frankly any belief is NONE OF OUR BUSINESS. Last I checked this is America where we have freedom of speech and are free to believe what we like. You're saying basically that anyone that donates money to a campaign for a candidate or cause that you're not in favor of is wrong. That my friend is also bigotry. If he was forcing his views and beliefs on the company and the employees then yes, that's wrong and cause for dismissal. He believed something was wrong based on HIS BELIEFS and regardless of what the rest of us think he's got every right to do so. You don't have to like it. You don't have to use a product he's responsible for. THAT'S YOUR CHOICE! Get it? By the way, I suggest you don't use any web enabled device because Eich invented JavaScript as far as I know. You wouldn't want to use a web page that had JavaScript on it that was invented by a bigot.

I read the article on TechCrunch and going on the premise that it's factual (since it's the only source of info beyond comments here that I have) I find the behavior of the founder's wife to be completely unacceptable. HR should have stopped this when they first got wind of it. The founder's wife had no business being in the work place let alone intimidating Julie Ann. I won't comment on the hula hoop behavior other than to say it doesn't shock me as these guys probably don't get out much. If it's in front of them they're gonna look. That issue muddies the waters here and if anything HR should have stopped the activity if it was a problem. Sorry, it's a business and if something like that is distracting it has to move elsewhere. Julie Ann being intimidated and treated the way she was is unacceptable. The co-worker that was rebuffed that constantly changed her code and worked against her should have been dealt with sternly. Doesn't matter if he was well liked or not. He overstepped his bounds and should have been warned and possibly let go if his behavior didn't change. It's a shame this came down to a harassment issue as this is more of an unhealthy work environment issue where she as an employee wasn't taken care of as a priority.