The article says the company is already 74% female. If 62% female is more diverse than 50% just imagine how diverse a 100% female team would be. Diversity mathematics are tricky like that.
There are many privacy/free-speech oriented registrars and hosts. I hate being in the position to defend these types so often from short-sighted moralizers, but it absolutely won't work.
I quoted him directly. He said the program lowered the bar by decreasing false negatives. Having a hard time squaring that with what you're saying his intention was.