Posted on 04/07/2015 10:03:32 AM PDT by RightGeek
Last week, I got together with Bruce Carroll from Gay Patriot to write a letter calling on Apple to live up to its publicly stated principles by pulling out of countries that murder their citizens for being gay. After the letter was written, we asked some other conservatives to sign on with us. A full list of signatories follows.
Recently, Apple CEO Tim Cook said,
“Our message, to people around the country and around the world, is this: Apple is open. Open to everyone, regardless of where they come from, what they look like, how they worship or who they love. Regardless of what the law might allow in Indiana or Arkansas, we will never tolerate discrimination.
…This is about how we treat each other as human beings… Opposing discrimination takes courage. With the lives and dignity of so many people at stake, it’s time for all of us to be courageous.”
Tim Cook’s message seems rather ironic in light of the fact that Apple willingly does business with some of the most virulently anti-gay nations on the planet.
According to their Islamic-based governments, homosexuality is punishable by death in Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Iran. So not only is it willing to “tolerate discrimination” in those countries, Apple is also happy to sell an iPod to the people who are murdering gays so they can listen to some cheery music when they’re done. What these nations are doing to their gay communities is despicable and should be condemned by every decent person. We hope Tim Cook believes that as well.
Tim Cook says that, “Opposing discrimination takes courage,” and we agree. We call on Mr. Cook to live up to our shared principles by pulling Apple out of Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Iran until they stop their official government policies of jailing and murdering gays and lesbians.
Sincerely,
Bruce Carroll, Gay Patriot
John Hawkins, Right Wing News
Mike Adams, columnist and professor
Ali A. Akbar, Black Conservatives Fund
Ben Chapman, Chapman GOP
Steven Crowder, Comedian, FOX News
Kristin Fecteau, The Campaign to Free America
Jack Furnari, Bizpac Review
Jim Hoft, The Gateway Pundit
John Hinderaker, PowerLine
Ben Howe, founder of Mister Smith Media
Tony Katz, talk radio host
Dana Loesch, Radio Host and The Blaze TV
Dr. Gina Loudon, Politichicks
Paul Mirengoff, PowerLine
Judson Phillips, founder of Tea Party Nation
Tiffiny Ruegner, Right Wing News
Evan Sayet, comedian
Ben Shapiro, Truth Revolt
Kurt Schlichter, columnist.
They care less about moral consistency than they do wielding raw power.
The governmental and religious leaders of all these countries need to be notified that Apple products support homosexuality.
One thing that the freak parade has that conservatives don’t is that they NEVER . EVER . NEVER back down.
And they NEVER . EVER apologize for what they say or do.
Timmy Cook has taken a once great company into the political arena only because he personally prefers men’s rumps to women’s. He’s a sicko pervert.
Methinks Cook to be a catcher. Sick. Sad. No reason for pride.
... and China?
“they NEVER . EVER . NEVER back down.
And they NEVER . EVER apologize for what they say or do.”
This is because we cannot possibly understand the nuances of their positions. They are much smarter than conservatives; there is no need to explain or apologize.
Which god is he referring to? It is not the one true God I worship and condemns homosexuality.
Secondly, the good American citizens have every right to stand up and demand he live by HIS OWN rules. If he wants to force this abomination on us, he should force it on his own business as well.
Walk the talk.
[(The same thing applies to multi, multi rich left wing politicians who are demanding everyone share their wealth with the dependent democrat base - that is, everyone but THEM. (By golly don't you dare touch their stash!)]
Methinks the head queer @ apple would like to go back in the closet as most folk in general are sick and tired and fed up with queers.They are 1 maybe 2 % not quite a quorum.
I would like to see this whole thing blow up in his peter puffing face especially if those countries that denounce his life style get on board
Evil does not quit. Evil has no starting point and no end. There is no position for evil to fall back to. It has not memory or moral compass. Ends justify means regardless of the consequences and casualties.
Ali A. Akbar
Come on is this for real?
Long live Apple's support of these anti-gay countries!!
He’s referring to the god of this world. Lucifer is quite proud of him.
[[If these folks are trying to shame the Left, it won’t work - they are defiantly hypocritical.]]
Bingo NO amount of shaming will work with these folks, but let a leftie even hint at shaming a conservative, and that conservative falls all to pieces and caves in like we saw in Indiana and the other state with the law
[[One thing that the freak parade has that conservatives don’t is that they NEVER . EVER . NEVER back down.
And they NEVER . EVER apologize for what they say or do.]]
That sums up the defeat of conservatism in a nutshell- Conservatives fall all over themselves trying to out apologize one another sadly
[[It is not the one true God I worship and condemns homosexuality.]]
It is not the one true God I worship and condemns homosexuality as an ABOMINATION- the strongest word of condemnation you can use
> That sums up the defeat of conservatism in a nutshell-
> Conservatives fall all over themselves trying to out
> apologize one another sadly
That’s because I’m not sure that conservatives, at least the ones in office, are convinced to the depths of their heart of their professed convictions.
Ronald Reagan never apologized.
He believed what he said he believed.
Is it true that Apple has coated their products in a chemical that makes straight men turn in to homosexuals??
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