why should the site need a secure connection anyway?

Well Reinhard can answer for his site, but Mozilla and others believe that encryption should be normal on the web to protect privacy and counter routine surveillance.

Today, the Internet is one of our most important global public resources. It's open, free and essential to our daily lives. It's where we chat, play, bank and shop. It's also where we create, learn and organize.

All of this is made possible by a set of core principles. Like the belief that individual security and privacy on the Internet is fundamental.

From: Help Us Spread the Word: Encryption Matters

(Perhaps BS is the place to disagree with that.)

If your browser can't access this site because it doesn't support these protocols, it's insecure.