“Liberals have instructed us time and again that corporations aren’t people or persons, that companies cannot express speech and have no right to engage in politics. But now Tim Cook is celebrated for delivering a moral lecture to Hoosiers on behalf of Apple because liberals agree with him,” The Wall Street Journal writes in an editorial. “Perhaps Mr. Cook and other CEOs who’ve criticized Indiana should reconsider their offices in China and other places around the world that have contempt for human rights, or in some cases open hostility to gays and lesbians.”
“To the extent anyone is offering a good-faith criticism, it seems to apply to the narrow exceptions of sole proprietors in the wedding industry, such as florists, bakers, photographers and singers,” The WSJ writes. “Our view is that their speech and conduct is protected by the First Amendment, but do liberals really now believe that the very few vendors who object to working at same-sex weddings should be forced to participate in what they believe to be a moral wrong?
“For that matter, should a Native American printer be legally compelled to make posters with an Indian mascot that he finds offensive, or an environmentalist contractor to work a shift at a coal-fired power plant?” The WSJ writes. “Fining or otherwise coercing any small number of private citizens — who aren’t doing anyone real harm but entertain politically unacceptable thoughts — is thuggish stuff.”
“A principle in quantum physics holds that everything not forbidden is mandatory, and social liberals seem intent on importing it into politics,” The WSJ writes. “But they may well come to regret this choice.”
“The movement for state recognition of same-sex marriages has succeeded in changing public opinion by appealing to people’s sympathy and values like love and acceptance,” The WSJ writes. “They will lose this good will if they adopt the illiberal standard that ‘equality’ must mean stomping on religious liberty.”
Full article here.
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I wish Tim Cook had kept his mouth shut about this issue, which is nothing but another stupid talking point for the endless Angst and Outrage Machine. I don’t care what he thinks about this.
Christianity and the Jesus movement is about love and social justice. Unfortunately, sometimes some men and church forget this as they did during the era of American slavery, women suffrage and civil rights movement. Even now the largest protestant denomination prevents women pastors.
But eventually, history and time will eventually prove them wrong.
So sick of the misleading “cakes and photos” line. These laws could be used for much worse purposes like compiling lists of citizens to avoid doing business with altogether. The naivete is breathtaking. And please, open your ears and realise it’s LGBT not “gays”. Bisexuals and transgender people are part of this, too.
The people now in a tizzy about businesses being required to provide equal service to all, are the same people who were saying in the 1960’s that business owners who genuinely believe that the Bible/God does NOT want “race-mixing” (because he in his divine wisdom “put the races on different continents”) should be allowed to segregate their businesses and/or deny service to blacks. Its genuinely held religious beliefs after all, right? And truth be told, a lot of them probably still believe business should be able to deny service based on race or anything else even today. This is their death rattle, but it, and they, will pass into history as always, and future generations will be amazed and stunned to believe this was ever actually a “debate” at some point in American history.
Goddamn Abraham.
Tim Cook is celebrated for delivering a moral lecture to Hoosiers on behalf of Apple because liberals agree with him
I don’t care about the political cesspools. Simply from a moral and ethical standpoint, the Wall Street Journal just fell on its fat ass and made an utter fool of itself. How the fsck was this editorial let out of the pig pen?
Oh, well done News Corp. Well done. I see you’ve impressed your TABLOID bad attitude onto the once respected Wall Street Journal. NO surprise, except: What Took You So Long? 💩 AssHats. 💩
– – So News Corp: When do we get ‘Tits On Page 3‘ (as it’s known in the UK) of the WSJ? We can hardly wait for the ‘conservative intolerance’ repercussions. – – News Corp idiots. 😛
Self-conscious News Corp:
The Sun’s peekaboo Page 3 gives readers a mixed message
…The will-they-won’t-they Page 3/page 3 dichotomy does present Sun readers with a mixed message. If the paper genuinely believes that it’s no longer appropriate to publish pictures of bare-breasted women staring at the camera every day, then why carry them occasionally?
On the other hand, if it believes that it is still appropriate, then why stop doing it? It is proof that the Sun is still on the Page 3 hook and therefore still occupying, as campaigners would have it, the high immoral ground.
These are the people criticizing Tim Cook for defending the rights of the LGBT community. 🙄
Er, yeah Derek, News Corp also owns the well-regarded “Times” (England) as well as “The Australian”
So who looks like the “ass-hat” now?
You do. You expect News Corp to keep ANYTHING ‘well-regarded’? Great job they’ve done with ‘well-regarded’ Wall Street Journal. OH! I already pointed that out.
IOW: To hell with anything News Corp, in case you didn’t get the clue after I hammered it home.
i miss steve jobs. Tim Cook thinks to highly of himself. He runs around like he invented apple. One thing I know for sure if Steve was still at the helm this debate would not take place on a Mac News site.
I would offer that, thus far, Mr. Cook has shown himself to be a talented CEO of Apple, Inc. During his tenure, he has met the overall expectations of both stockholders and customers, alike.
However, Mr. Cook’s gay lifestyle is not what he was hired to promote as an Apple CEO — such should be regarded as a wholly personal matter, to be managed using non-Apple time, energy and resources/reputation, and specifically separated/firewalled in such a way as to be clearly separated and distanced from Apple Inc. business expectations.
Mr. Cook’s sudden deviation into promoting his own personal gay ideals and perspectives that intentionally entangles his personal gay sexual advocacy with Apple’s hard-earned tech reputation and overall business success is clearly leading towards a trail of tears of needless polarization of investors and paying customers, alike — Steve Jobs understood this core truth, and purposefully and correctly avoided such public-facing entaglements involving his personal life vs. his proper role and expected responsibilities as CEO of Apple, Inc.
I am convinced that Mr. Cook’s rather sudden and noticeable gay advocacy and sentiments are misaligned with Apple’s investor community at large, as well as a sizeable portion of its paying customer base. For instance, it is not out of the realm of possibility for several of Apple, Inc.’s still developing foreign market opportunities to become increasingly disinclined, if not hostile, to the selling of Apple products within their yet-underdeveloped markets.
It would be wise of Mr. Cook to re-reflect upon his expected role as CEO of Apple, Inc., and to make a necessary Jobsean course-correction as soon as possible — or resign as CEO of Apple, Inc.
Niffy
This is exactly what’s WRONG with Companies entering into the political arena. No matter which side you take, you’re going to pi$$ off about half of your potential customers. As for the topic, in general, Government has no business forcing anyone to do business with anyone. It’s that simple. People start and OWN businesses, and if they don’t want to make a “Gay” wedding cake, make a religious wedding cake or choose to not serve the local homeless individual who smells like he hasn’t taken a bath in a year…. that is their CHOICE and damn anyone who thinks they can tell that individual how to run their business. Tolerance seems to only exist in this Country if you believe in the Liberal bulls*t agenda….
So when is Tim Cook going to pull Apple products and close Apple stores in the 4 countries where Apple is present where homosexuality is ILLEGAL and punishment is DEATH…
He can’t have it both ways, unless he’s another LIBERAL HYPOCRITE!
Apple OUT OF SAUDI ARABIA, QATAR, NIGERIA & IRAN!!
DEMAND IT NOW!! Conservatives are! http://rightwingnews.com/special/leading-conservatives-call-on-apple-to-pull-out-of-nigeria-qatar-saudi-arabia-and-iran-until-they-stop-torturing-their-gay-citizens/