Artistic Director Resigns after backlash from campaign donation

The artistic director, Scott Eckern, of California Musical Theater resigned after some activists called for a boycott of the theatre due to his donation to support California's Proposition 8 banning gay marriage in the state. I actually don't know how I feel about this. Although I don't share the same views as Mr. Eckern, and it is rather surprising to find someone who is against gay marriage in the musical theatre community, I believe Mr. Eckern has a right to his own opinion and political beliefs. He personally made the $1000 contribution as an individual, not as a part of the California Musical Theater. I believe the proposed boycott of the theatre would be an overreaction. I hardly think one individual associated with a musical theatre group is to blame for the passage of Proposition 8, nor that one employee's political stance is indicative of an official position of a whole organization. 

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--Erika