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Op-Ed: Apple CEO hypocritical on gay rights

The controversial SB 101 Religious Freedom Act that was recently passed into law in Indiana spurred the openly gay CEO to speak out. Businesses cannot turn away a customer because of sexual preference, gender, ethnicity, or creed. The law protects businesses from losing their right to exercise their religious beliefs and from government overreach.

Social justice enthusiasts view this law as a legal venue to discriminate against gays and lesbians. Apple’s Tim Cook wrote in the Washington Post, “These bills rationalize injustice by pretending to defend something many of us hold dear. They go against the very principles our nation was founded on, and they have the potential to undo decades of progress toward greater equality.”

No person has been discriminated against and the law has personally harmed no one. The 550-word article was amplified by a quote from an Indiana pizza shop owner who was baited into making a headline. Crystal O’Conner had answered to a fictitious scenario that had never happened, and will never happen.

The question was that if a gay couple asked her to cater their wedding, would she honor the request. Crystal stated that she would serve anyone that enters her shop, but she could not attend and cater a gay marriage because it is against her religion.

Soon thereafter, the pizza shop had to close its doors due to arson threats and death threats. Crystal and her family had to abandon their homes and go into hiding. Ironically, they fled from folks that demand tolerance. Christian sympathizers created a “GoFundMe” page and have raised nearly $1 million for the owners’ family. They returned to their home today and the pizzeria is open for business.

Senator Rick Santorum chimed in by saying,“Tolerance is a two-way street. If you’re a print shop and you are a gay man, should you be forced to print ‘God Hates Fags’ for the Westboro Baptist Church… should the government force you to do that?”

Critics claim that the uproariously hypocritical side of Mr. Cook’s testimony is that Apple sells products in China, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, and several other countries where being gay is punishable by lashing, imprisonment, and even death. Apple is eagerly attempting to sell their products in Iran where they blindfold gays and shove them off tall buildings.

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