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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...

Brendan Eich speaking on "browser wars: déjà vu all over again?" (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Accolades are flowing today for Apple boss Timothy Cook, who publicly announced that he is gay in a brief  essay  in Bloomberg BusinessWeek . On Twitter, Bill Clinton , Mark Zuckerberg and Richard Branson lead a Mexican wave of admiration. If President Obama and the  New York Times  editorial board haven’t yet said their piece they soon will. The delight in gay rights ranks is understandable. Cook is not only one of the first major business leaders globally to make their sexual orientation so public; the company he leads is the biggest, wealthiest and culturally coolest corporation on the planet. The effect of his move on young people is expected to be huge. But what about the effect on other corporate leaders and public figures? Will they feel pressured, will they be forced to declare their stance on gay rights, and find their career in tatters if it turns out to...

APPLE chief executive Tim Cook joined the White House in backing a bill to ban workplace discrimination against gay and transgender employees. "At Apple, we try to make sure people understand that they don't have to check their identity at the door," Cook wrote in an opinion column in the Wall Street Journal . "As we see it, embracing people's individuality is a matter of basic human dignity and civil rights." Cook said he supports the Employment Nondiscrimination Act pending in the US Senate which he said would, "at long last protect workers against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity ". He also called on the House of Representatives to bring it to the floor for a vote. The problem with this bill is that it removes authority from the employer and forces them to possibly employ people whose lifestyle is opposite to and from the values of the company. Would a Democrat employ a Republican man or woman. The answer i...