So you are saying that gay people wanting to be treated the same as everyone else is asking for "more" rights than anybody else?
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Apple CEO Tim Cook Publicly Comes Out as Gay in Letter Declaring Support for Equality
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So you are saying that gay people wanting to be treated the same as everyone else is asking for "more" rights than anybody else?
No, but they'll figure out a way to work it into one of their commercials, though.
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Surely you know the answer to this. Prejudicial attitudes effect you in all important aspects of your life, professional, religious, pleasure, and in public depending on how much the individual wears their sexual orientation on their sleeve.
Surely you know the answer to this. Prejudicial attitudes effect you in all important aspects of your life, professional, religious, pleasure, and in public depending on how much the individual wears their sexual orientation on their sleeve.
I saw myself as Bi once but i no longer see myself bi anymore. I now have a Girlfriend and I am no longer attracted to the same sex as i use to be - even before I was with my girlfriend I lost my attraction. It does happen - maybe you should try to talk to some people in the LGBT community!
They need to warn the bigots with sensitive tummies who might get upset at gay people being discussed or even acknowledged as existing.
Because being homosexual or transgender does not matter here. We never really talk about it, we've moved on. The same is with colour, race and creed.
In conversation if someone says they are gay, well, it gets said but no judgement is made. The same if someone is black, America for example you see black and white people are quite separate, in the UK colour never ever become a thought when I see someone.
Excuse me, but what religious people are making Tim Cooks life miserable?
The reality is that the homosexual movement does not want equality. They ALREADY have that in the US. Discrimination is illegal. The true agenda is that they want everyone to tell them "its ok" and affirm it.
I am not taking a side here either way but if someone has an opinion, religious or not, they are entitled to it. They are not required to tell someone else that what they are doing is ok.
but? but? boobs?
Okey, I'll never understand why some turn away from boobs, but it's not like he's hurting anybody. So more power to him, and more boobs for me!
Hey, some women turn to boobs too.
That's good to know. Up to now we thought you were attracted to anyone with a pulse.
Everyone is bisexual until they declare.
I didn't say "vote democratic", did I??? I said VOTE. And my next sentence was an opinion.
Yes that is true but America wasn't all that open minded either. Gay marriage has only recently become legal in many states. California even had that whole prop 8 vote. He might have become more open minded or simply said things to appeal to more voters. All president candidates say things that appeal to voters so that they get elected into office. The fact is, a lot of people are more open to equality now than a few years ago. This is evident in the number of states that allow gay marriage.
Homosexuality was removed from the list of official mental illnesses in 2001.
But with that said, with all the money involved I bet they don't really give a damn.
Gay rights are under assault every day in Congress through efforts to repeal or "Jim Crow" these equal protections. The same with voting rights for minorities.
I dont consider myself an activist, but I realize how much Ive benefited from the sacrifice of others, Cook wrote in the essay. So if hearing that the CEO of Apple is gay can help someone struggling to come to terms with who he or she is, or bring comfort to anyone who feels alone, or inspire people to insist on their equality, then its worth the trade-off with my own privacy.
I already liked and admired him, and now I like and admire him even more. He's a good man.
I already liked and admired him, and now I like and admire him even more. He's a good man.
Wow there's a lot of nasty comments in this thread.
Not a single one of you (unless you're gay) know how hard it is to come out, especially if you grew up in an insanely bigoted part of the country. Coming out can be greeted with acceptance, but often its met with crying, anger, rejection and sadly even violence.
It's sad that coming out even has to happen.
Not a single one of you (unless you're gay) know how hard it is to come out, especially if you grew up in an insanely bigoted part of the country. Coming out can be greeted with acceptance, but often its met with crying, anger, rejection and sadly even violence.
It's sad that coming out even has to happen.
Yikes, no. Gays are not equals. A man is not interchangeable with a woman.
This is not one of his finer moments. "Don't ask don't tell". Nobody wants to hear about your bizarre bedroom behavior. As CEO of a business, he should know better than to share such things publicly.
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