It seems almost quaint to recall Tipper Gore’s campaign for warning labels on explicit music lyrics, back when companies feared cultural controversies and offending consumer groups advocating for traditional values. Much has changed since 1997 when national brands including J.C. Penney, Chrysler, and Wendy’s refused to advertise on “The Puppy Episode” of The Ellen Show, when she announced she was gay.

But today, the pendulum has swung the other way dramatically, as corporate America seems more fearful of offending liberal constituencies than those with traditional values. Brendan Eich, Mozilla co-founder and CEO, was forced to resign for the offense of donating $1,000 in support of California’s Proposition 8. He might have been better off adopting then-Sen. Barack Obama’s then-position of opposing both gay marriage and Proposition 8. Chick-fil-A has been banned from the Buffalo and San Antonio airports, due to comments by its CEO expressing his personal beliefs on marriage and previous charitable donations to groups with allegedly similar beliefs, including the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.