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Apple CEO Tim Cook Publicly Comes Out as Gay in Letter Declaring Support for Equality
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Nobody is going to throw him in jail for saying it, but freedom of speech does not mean freedom from SOCIAL recourse. There are plenty of examples, but here are a few recent; Chris Christie, The Dixie Chics, the mayor of Toronto. I don't think him telling the world he is gay is really inappropriate, it's his choice, but that doesn't invalidate the fact that the guy you quoted had a valid point, in that some stockholders are likely gonna get bent out of shape, and the sale of Michelob is likely gonna spike in a few baptist neighborhoods in southeast Arkansas.
Lol exactly. Isis also says they have proof Islam is real. Faith is one thing but proof????!!!.., that is some strong stuff they are smoking. All religions are bs.
I am really proud of myself being a fat whiteman, drinking beer and writing posts on an internet forum.
I never understood folks being proud of their race, gender, sex behaviour, taste or petty actions.
I once showed a friend a huge turd I left in his toilet. I was very proud. He was very disgusted.
I am really proud of myself being a fat whiteman, drinking beer and writing posts on an internet forum.
I never understood folks being proud of their race, gender, sex behaviour, taste or petty actions.
I once showed a friend a huge turd I left in his toilet. I was very proud. He was very disgusted.
It's the fact that in the US, people who aren't white cisgendered men, have had a history of being oppressed.
I made it home. And yes I was driving. The phone can read the text to me.
I'm guessing your not for religion so I'll stop
No I'm all for religion. I mean you're free to say whatever you want to say.
Doesn't change the fact that he said the first quote, only that he believed both.
If they don't like what he does, they can sell their shares. Like the guys who don't want Apple to go green, they can go and sell their shares. But most shareholders are not individuals anyway.
From a purely financial standpoint, there may be more people who are either gay or have gay friends who will appreciate his statement than bigots who just hate.
You assume he didn't consider the impact of his coming out to Apple and the shareholder's interests. For all we know he might have pondered about the impact and decided it would do no harm.
Also, believe it or not, it could actually have a positive effect.
Question: When you have sex with yourself is it gay? After all it's with a person of the same gender.
Face it homophobes, you've experienced sex with the same gender.
Face it homophobes, you've experienced sex with the same gender.
Exactly what problems and why exactly would accepting the scripture make them vanish? One of the problems in your line of thinking is that no matter the problems out there that you are thinking about in this regard, there are plenty of people who already follow said scripture and still suffer through what ever problems you refer to. So making some claim that following scripture would magically make them vanish is well to put it in a word, magic.
No matter how much you want to believe, love is not some magical answer for world problems.
Seriously be careful. I almost had an accident going 60 mph the other day reading this forum on my 6 plus. I was not paying attention and almost crashed into a car that was coming from a side street. Now I won't touch my phone while I'm driving except for a second or so. That was a wakeup call to me. Be safe
It doesn't mean what you think it does:
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/115821/einstein-quote-about-religion-and-science-was-wrong-misinterpreted
Question: When you have sex with yourself is it gay? After all it's with a person of the same gender.
Face it homophobes, you've experienced sex with the same gender.
Are you gay?
Again, I think it was a smart move with long term positive consequences for shareholders.
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Does it matter to you? It doesn't matter to me lol
I understand it just fine. I know that when my kid is silenced when she speaks about her Christian faith but the kid who is Muslim is allowed to speak about the merits of Islam that inequality is present.
"All the animals are equal, just some animals are more equal than others."
Did you read the link I sent? Apparently not. You don't have to agree, but it is explained.
How about this one:
Deuteronomy 22:25-28: But if in the open country a man meets a young woman who is betrothed, and the man seizes her and lies with her, then only the man who lay with her shall die. But you shall do nothing to the young woman; she has committed no offense punishable by death.
This clearly contradicts at least part of what you said.
Arranged marriages were common and acceptable then. They were the norm. The offense lies in breaking the norm with a heinous act (the rape). The focus of the law is primarily on the man, not the woman.
It seems you're not really trying to understand; rather just argue. We don't need to. There's a Bible verse for that too, written over 2,000 years ago:
2 Timothy 4:3
"For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear."
Who knew? God did.
That fact is prevalent throughout human history, all over the world, and not unique to the "whites" we CHOOSE to punish who we punish for it today.
No. That is my life choice.
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Dude. I was driving and misread it. I've explained it five times already. Relax.
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