Thank you for verifying that Steve Jobs kept Apple out of politics.
And what’s worse then Mr. Cook getting Apple involved in politics imo, is that Mr. Cook is wrong about state laws to protect religous freedom.
More specifically, in case you haven’t see the following, the 14th Amendment prohibits the states from making laws that unreasonably abridge constitutionally enumerated rights, the 1st Amendment-protected right of religous expression in this case.
14th Amendment, Section 1:All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States [emphasis added]; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Note that the “privileges or immunities” term which John Bingham, the main author of Section 1, used in that section is just another way to refer to constitutionally enumerated rights, most of these well-known rights, including 1st Amendment-protected freedom of religious expression, listed in the Bill of Rights.
So before Indiana state “leaders” caved and rewrote Indiana’s religious freedom law to protect gay rights, it actually helped to prevent Indiana from violating Section 1 of the 14th Amendment. Low-information pro-gay activist states have violated Section 1, imo, by unthinkingly using equality laws as an excuse to protect constitutionally unprotected gay agenda “rights” to harrass and punish Christian business owners.
BTW, it would undoubtedly benefit Christians to get up to speed with Section 1 of the 14th Amendment.
just another way to refer to constitutionally enumerated rights, most of these well-known rights, including 1st Amendment-protected freedom of religious expression, listed in the Bill of Rights.No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States
Not all rights are enumerated:Amendment 9 - Construction of Constitution. Ratified 12/15/1791.
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.