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Apple's Cook joins tech CEOs in blasting Indiana religious freedom law
Reuters ^ | March 27, 2015 | Reporting by Edwin Chan; Editing by Richard Chang

Posted on 03/27/2015 5:18:29 PM PDT by Jim Robinson

(Reuters) - Apple Inc's Tim Cook, one of the most prominent openly gay American CEOs, has joined fellow tech industry chiefs in decrying a controversial Indiana law that opponents say could allow companies to deny services to gay people.

Cook, who publicly declared his sexual orientation last year, joined other tech chief executives, including Salesforce.com Inc's Marc Benioff, in blasting the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which could let business and individuals turn away customers by citing "religious freedom."

Indiana Governor Mike Pence signed the controversial bill into law on Thursday.

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


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California; US: Indiana
KEYWORDS: apple; california; cook; freedomvtyranny; homosexualagenda; indiana; ipad; iphone; mikepence; religiousfreedom; rfra; timcook
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To: Jim Robinson

This must be getting to ol Rush Limbaugh by now. He’s gonna throw in the towel on all his free pimping of Apple


21 posted on 03/27/2015 5:43:57 PM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: dennisw

As the CEO of a major corporation he should realize that the market works. If you cannot get what you want from one company, then another company will be more than happy to provide it.


22 posted on 03/27/2015 5:44:21 PM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class.)
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To: reg45

Agreed. Tim Cook is an idiot.


23 posted on 03/27/2015 5:45:42 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA (war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, obama loves America)
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To: Jim Robinson; All
”… in decrying a controversial Indiana law that opponents say could allow companies to deny services to gay people."

As another FReeper has already pointed out, you basically cannot tell from somebody’s appearance if they are gay or not. Gay people essentially have to volunteer some indication that they are gay.

Also, pro-gay activists who argue the Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause (EPC) to defend so-called gay “rights” don’t understand that the clause is essentially a litmus test for people who haven’t read the Constitution. This is because Section 1 of the 14th Amendment (14A) where the EPC is found also expressly prohibits the states from unreasonably abridging constitutionally enumerated rights like the 1st Amendment-protected right of religous expression.

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; 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 [emphases added].

So several low-information, pro-gay activist states have already unthinkingly violated the 14A, imo, by using constitutionally unprotected pro-gay state policies to trump constitutionally enumerated religious protections.

In fact, Indiana’s law helps to prevent that state from likewise violating 14A by bullying Christians with the gay agenda.

24 posted on 03/27/2015 5:49:42 PM PDT by Amendment10
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To: Jim Robinson

Idiots. Some 19 states already have virtually the same law and 12 more have similar laws.


25 posted on 03/27/2015 5:49:48 PM PDT by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: dennisw

I doubt Rush will give up his love for all his Apple stuff just because of this fag. The technology is good, it is the leadership that sux (literally).


26 posted on 03/27/2015 5:52:30 PM PDT by doc1019 (Blue lives matter)
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To: Jim Robinson

This idiot graduated from Awburn....all I can say is Roll Tide Roll.....LOL


27 posted on 03/27/2015 5:53:31 PM PDT by BamaDi ("The definition of a racist today is anyone who is winning an argument with a liberal.")
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To: reg45

Behold the Apple coolness factor. Tim Cook and his boys figure this won’t hurt sales. It used to be normal for gays to be in the closet. Now they want to put normal people in the closet and in fear of offending the gay mafias in Silicon Valley and elsewhere. They got the new head of Firefox fired.

.


28 posted on 03/27/2015 5:54:19 PM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: doc1019

Windows and Android are just as good. Apple can go pound sand or whatever!


29 posted on 03/27/2015 5:56:04 PM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: Jim Robinson

I was about to switch my family over to macs too... Guess it’ll be windows again.


30 posted on 03/27/2015 5:58:59 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

As luck would have it, I’m going tomorrow to purchase a couple of phones tomorrow. Samsung it is...


31 posted on 03/27/2015 5:59:33 PM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: dennisw
Windows and Android

Of course it can also be said that Microsoft is a major gay marriage supporter and Google is an Obama regime affiliate having executives visit the WH an average of once per week since 2009.....

32 posted on 03/27/2015 5:59:53 PM PDT by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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To: dennisw

I don’t disagree. I don’t own anything Apple. As a matter of fact I’m still using an old flip phone ... LOL!


33 posted on 03/27/2015 6:00:29 PM PDT by doc1019 (Blue lives matter)
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To: Jim Robinson

Whatever happened to the basic right of freedom of association???


34 posted on 03/27/2015 6:00:39 PM PDT by DB
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To: MichaelCorleone

I just never got into Apple, I don’t know why.


35 posted on 03/27/2015 6:02:12 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (GO WISCONSIN BADGERS GO!)
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To: Skywise
Get the Mac.
I'm going into the 6th year with this desk top.
Updated to Yosemite. 4 hour download.
No issues.
36 posted on 03/27/2015 6:02:12 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks ("If he were working for the other side, what would he be doing differently ?")
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To: Skywise

Pick your poison...the only FR “approved” OS is Linux, LOL

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/01/microsoft-calls-for-gay-marriage-in-washington-state/251680/


37 posted on 03/27/2015 6:03:09 PM PDT by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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To: Jim Robinson

They could care less about anyone else’s Constitutional rights.

It’s all about them, selfish immoral b*******


38 posted on 03/27/2015 6:07:28 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (MIley, you ignorant slut. The First Amendment applies to EVERYONE)
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To: cripplecreek

This just like the hysteria over the Supreme Court ruling on Hobby Lobby. Once we hammer the fact that over half the states have similar laws, the hysteria will die down.


39 posted on 03/27/2015 6:16:40 PM PDT by yongin (I'd rather be a part of the prophetic minority than the mushy majority.)
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To: doc1019; dennisw; Swordmaker

Well, I’m not quitting Apple products, because they’re too good. I buy my products for how good of a job they do for me, not because of the employees at the company, no matter what level they’re at.

In fact most of the time I have no idea what their political persuasions are ... when I buy gas, if I get a coffeemaker from a manufacturer, or the pharmacy I go to, the bakery, grocery store, the shopping mall ... and you name it ... I don’t know and I don’t care ... because I’m buying a product for myself, in order to meet my requirements, and no one else’s requirements!

And when I work at a company, I don’t expect to have an entire subgroup of the population complaining against me “in that job” because of my political and religious and sexual persuasions. I expect to be judged in my job environment strictly on the ability to do my job properly, and perhaps better than anyone else.

If I get involved in my own time ... which I do ... then we can all argue about it on my own time, but not on the basis of my job or my work or the goods that I am making or selling on the market!

I figure that I can get involved personally (with whatever my own personal political or religious or sexual preferences are) on my own time. My work remains separate.

OH ... BY THE WAY ... I’m typing this on an iPad ... :-) ...


40 posted on 03/27/2015 6:16:58 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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