Grindr’s Director of Communications Quits After App President Comes Out Against Gay Marriage

Landen Rafe Zumwalthas resigned as director of communications at Grindr in response to the app’s president saying he was against equal marriage, reports Towleroad.

Earlier this month it was reported thatGrindr president Scott Chenwrote in a Facebook post that he believed marriage should only be between a man and a woman.

“There are people who believe that marriage is a holy matrimony between a man and a woman. I agree, but that’s none of our business,” Chen wrote.

“There are also people who believe that the purpose of marriage is to create children that carry their DNA. That’s also none of our business.

“There are people who are simply different from you, who desperately want to get married. They have their own reasons. Getting married is a personal issue.”

In response Zumwaltshared his own statement on social media after announcing he was stepping down: “As an out and proud gay man madly in love with a man I don’t deserve, I refused to compromise my own values or professional integrity to defend a statement that goes against everything I am and everything I believe.

“While that resulted in my time at Grindr being cut short, I have absolutely no regrets. And neither should you.”