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Apple CEO: It’s a ‘sin’ NOT to ban those who disagree with company’s ‘values’

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Apple CEO Tim Cook  revealed  Monday that his company’s mission extends far beyond designing hardware to spreading Apple’s own interpretation of morality. In what is an ironic co-opting of religious terminology, the secular tech mogul made his appeal speaking about “morality,” “sin,” and that which is “sacred.” Cook, who  recently announced  that being gay “is God’s greatest gift to me,” said technology companies have a moral obligation to ban certain people and content from social media and digital platforms, and that to not do so is a “sin.”   “My friends, if we can’t be clear on moral questions like these, then we’ve got big problems,” declared Cook. “At Apple, we are not afraid to say that our values drive our curation decisions.” “I believe the most sacred thing that each of us is given is our judgment, our morality, our own innate desire to separate right from wrong,” he continued. “Choosing to set that responsibility aside at a moment of a trial is a sin.” The

Former JAG officer highlights absurdity of gay ‘marriage’ by suing to marry his porn-filled laptop

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TALLAHASSEE, FL , May 6, 2014 – A former JAG officer attempted to intervene in two state cases to overturn traditional marriage laws, saying if homosexuals can marry their true love, he should have that right, too. In his case, the Florida man says he wants to marry his “porn-filled Apple computer.” Two federal judges have rejected his request to become part of ongoing litigation aimed at overturning both Florida and Utah’s bans on same-sex “marriage.” Chris Sevier, 37, an Iraq veteran who previously served as a JAG officer in the Tennessee Army National Guard ,  argued in his Florida filing  that “If gay people have the right to marry their object of sexual desire, even if they lack corresponding sexual parts, then I should have the right to marry my preferred sexual object," namely, his laptop computer, which he uses to access pornography. In his filing in  the Utah case , Sevier dared the 10 th  Circuit Court of Appeals to, “Put up or shut up” regarding marriage r