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Apple CEO Tim Cook Compares Indiana Law to Jim Crow Laws in Scathing Op-Ed
Yahoo News ^ | March 30, 2015 | AFP

Posted on 03/30/2015 12:19:46 PM PDT by Zhang Fei

Apple chief Tim Cook slammed what he called a wave of “dangerous” laws in several US states that he said promote discrimination and erode equality, in an editorial published Sunday.

Cook — one of the most prominent chief executives to publicly acknowledge his homosexuality — wrote in the Washington Post that so-called “religious freedom” laws passed in several states threaten to undo progress toward greater equality.

"There’s something very dangerous happening in states across the country," Cook wrote in the editorial.

(Excerpt) Read more at yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: California; US: Indiana
KEYWORDS: apple; boycott; california; corporateliberalism; dramaqueen; gaybullies; homofascism; homosexualagenda; indiana; ipad; iphone; ipod; maccult; mikepence; revisionisthistory; rfra; rushlimbaugh; timcook; waronreligion
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1 posted on 03/30/2015 12:19:46 PM PDT by Zhang Fei
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To: Zhang Fei

He’s afraid nobody will make him a gay wedding cake.


2 posted on 03/30/2015 12:22:03 PM PDT by DannyTN
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If Mr. Cook feels so strongly about these laws then he should issue a mandate at Apple to refuse to sell their products to anyone living in those states. Sure the stockholders would all back him :)


3 posted on 03/30/2015 12:22:32 PM PDT by Son-Joshua (son-joshua)
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tim....do what you want...but leave me alone. you have no right to infringe on my life in any way.


4 posted on 03/30/2015 12:23:54 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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Cook is a flaming hypocrite. As a practicing homosexual , he is well aware of the horrible child molestation that occurs regularly with gays, yet he says nothing.


5 posted on 03/30/2015 12:26:25 PM PDT by allendale
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The time has come to minimize this 1 or 2 % of the population


6 posted on 03/30/2015 12:29:52 PM PDT by CGASMIA68
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OK, Mr. Cook

Why don’t you condemn the way gays are treated in China?

{crickets}


7 posted on 03/30/2015 12:29:58 PM PDT by NY.SS-Bar9 (Those that vote for a living outnumber those that work for one.)
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Moreover, the Jim Crow laws in the era of which he speaks were all about keeping firearms away from the former slaves, lest they return to their former "Masters" and take some well deserved revenge. Besides this to keep the blacks down, these same folks (mostly Democrats in political control) created the KKK night riders to burn, loot and murder to maintain control. Cook, Gates and the other billionaires whom we all know are as anti gun as any who ever lived. But are they condemning these Jim Crow Laws?
8 posted on 03/30/2015 12:31:41 PM PDT by ExSoldier ("Terrorists: They hate you yesterday, today, and tomorrow. End it, no more tomorrows for them!)
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Not that I needed it, but yet another reason to never spend any of my money on Apple products.


9 posted on 03/30/2015 12:32:12 PM PDT by redangus
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Excellent! I’m sure the board would support him at well. Or at least Al Gore.


10 posted on 03/30/2015 12:32:14 PM PDT by Proud_texan ("Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." - PK Dick)
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Christians have always been identified by their refusal to worship the idols of pagans. Gays are the new Romans.


11 posted on 03/30/2015 12:32:41 PM PDT by WriteOn (Truth)
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I wonder if he’ll make Al Gore resign from the board due to his support in 1993


12 posted on 03/30/2015 12:35:04 PM PDT by personalaccts (Is George W going to protect the border?)
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The Jim Crow Laws MANDATED that blacks could not be served in the same places as whites, and left businesses with no legal option except discrimination.

The Religious Freedom laws mandate nothing. They ALLOW a business to decline business which conflicts with the owner's religious beliefs.

13 posted on 03/30/2015 12:36:37 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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The equivalent federal law was passed in 93 by a democrat house and senate and signed by slick willie.

An equivalent state law was later passed in Illinois where a nothing state senator named Barack Obama not only voted for it but lauded the bill as the right thing to do.

Stuff your overpriced hardware, your opinions up your arse along with your head and whatever else you’re used to getting “packed” with.

Stinking fascist democrats.


14 posted on 03/30/2015 12:37:28 PM PDT by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
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Fags are such drama queens.


15 posted on 03/30/2015 12:39:12 PM PDT by jospehm20
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So, Cook, how about taking on islam and Muslims? You libs are a bunch of COWARDS!!


16 posted on 03/30/2015 12:39:49 PM PDT by bergmeid
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To: allendale
As a practicing homosexual , he is well aware of the horrible child molestation that occurs regularly with gays, yet he says nothing.

I'd hazard a guess that 90+ percent of 'practicing sodomites' were the victims of molestation by much older males. Being physically and psychologically damaged, they descended into the dark abyss our of which it is very difficult to escape. There have been groups (e.g., Exodus) offering to help, but they have been attacked by the media, and now even the government.

Pretending this affliction is 'normal', and worthy of celebration, is cruel to those trapped in this sin.

17 posted on 03/30/2015 12:40:13 PM PDT by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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Yes, his article was posted here. One amazingly stupid and dishonest piece of writing. Targeting people for who they are and what they believe and what lifestyle they choose is what he and his cohorts are doing, not the other way around. No one is trying to force him out as CEO or stop him from being able to do business because he is gay. However, put it the other way around and they would be forcing him out of his job. Witness the Mozilla CEO - forced out of his job not because he had discriminated against a single person - but merely because of his belief that two men cannot be husband and wife, nor two women - no longer qualified to be employed.

Liberalism is a mental disorder.


18 posted on 03/30/2015 12:40:56 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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You Tim I am not attacking you for being a sodomite mud packer why are you attacking me?


19 posted on 03/30/2015 12:41:20 PM PDT by Breto (Stranger in a strange land... where did America go?)
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What does Apple CEO Tim Cook compare China’s constant human rights abuses to?

Oh, that’s right, they’re Chinese. Non-human, or what? Is Tim Cook a racist? Or willing to be one if the price is right?


20 posted on 03/30/2015 12:41:34 PM PDT by cookcounty ("Random Citizen:" ...ObamaSpeak for "Christian.")
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