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I still don't see how that justifies what you did.

Apple is also headquartered a stones throw from San Francisco and has a very high percentage of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, hermaphrodite, etc, etc.... employees.
Apple also features many gay artists and entertainers on it's iTunes store as well as in it's marketing and PR pieces.

Tim Cook, Apple's COO is gay
Randy Ubillos, Creator of Adobe Premiere and Final Cut Pro is really gay

Again, all the article says is that gays PERCEIVE Apple to be very friendly to gays...

You should speak up brother.

Once upon a time, theists, had complete control of the western world.

That time was called the Dark Ages.

Mysogyny, racism, genocide and torture were commonplace. These atrocities were carried out by religious men, because their fictional god had a very thin skin, and being fictional, he could not act for himself.

Let's not turn the clock back.

C.

I worked at Apple, they are very gay friendly, even more so on the corporate level

If your dick is square then i recommend you stop using it to bookmark your Bible.

But seriously if you are struggling with meshing your faith and sexuality do yourself a favour and check out www.gaychristian.net

You are never truly alone in this world.

I've been keeping mum about this tread but I just have to say one thing in defense of SOME people with spiritual inclinations.

I myself am a protestant Christian who has many friends who are gay. For a long time I struggled with what to think, questioning whether they would spend their eternities in hell. At long last, I deemed that it was not for me to decide. Jesus charges us to "Love one another as we would want to be loved." So I leave the judgment to God and work on better loving my neighbor, gay or straight.

-Clive

I sure hope my Samsung HDTV's not homophobic or it's going out the window!

Amen brother

Flattery is the best form of... hows it go again? Whatever. I'd never buy that RIM job Dingleberry.

Post #76

I Mean, How Disgusting Can You Get, Really? I Dont Care If The Person Posted That Is Gay, Straight, Or Whatever, You Are Sick! This Forum Is Also Visited By Kids You Sicko!


britwithgoodteeth: I HOPE YOU GET KICKED OFF THIS SITE FOREVER!

i literally choked on my soda when I read this....

2-3%.

the actual national average is around 6%. a very small minority that is making a huge fuss about themselves.

Doesn't seem to be a very small minority on this board, though, does it?

Perhaps the article is right.

It must be getting to be more popular and chic then, because in the late '70's all the studies were showing 2-3%.

If atheistic evolution is true, homosexuality should have passed out of the gene pool long ago.

How funny, in all the years i've been reading Appleinsider, this has been one of the only times i've read a gay-related story.

First in years.

The only fuss being made is from the haters (as usual).

I think this part of the article was poorly written. I believe it's based on Apple being very popular among homosexuals, but that should hardly be a surprise since there are many homosexuals in the fashion & entertainment industries. These are very artsy & media rich industries & I'm sure employ lots of Macs in their design & graphics departments.

& yes, why is this news that we really care about? Not to be insensitive but having any company that will go out of their way to cater to a specific ethnic, cultural, or other group is discrimination. If you really want to show yourself as a non-discriminate wouldn't you remove yourself from all forms of preferential treatment? Seriously people.

No, because most gays in the past got married and had kids to hide from bigots like you.

But yes we may find that the percentage of gays does get lower in the future as we homosexuals do not have to hide in the closet any more, and fake our straightness by getting married and having kids.

(Or, if you're really paranoid, maybe the gay agenda is to have us gays be the largest percentage of sperm donors worldwide--then we'll spread our seed everwhere, mwahahahah!)*



*--that's humor, folks. There is no 'gay agenda'.

Is it not O.K. to hate wrong behavior?

As the saying goes, "Love the sinner, hate the sin."

Original post self-removed.

And for those that decided that this was an appropriate forum to express your views on sexual preferences, perhaps a review of yourself and the remarks that you made should also be edited or removed.

After all, this is one of the best sites for APPLE NEWS. I would like to see it continued

Apple may be catering their advertising to the gay market; that's hardly discrimination. It's not like they have to leave off "straight" features on their products to cater to the gay community.

I think we're getting off topic here, there are other forums more appropriate for this debate.

A few of you seem to be missing the point rather spectacularly (and possibly wilfully). Gay people only have to make a fuss when they're not treated the same as everyone else. Before they introduced Civil Partnerships (gay marriage, basically) in the UK, my estate would had passed to my brother instead of my partner when I died.

The gays made a fuss and a law was passed that meant we could get married and enjoy the same rights. So, hooray for making a fuss.

Secondly, Apple aren't 'going out of their way' to favour one group over another. What they *are* doing is making sure that their products and services are promoted equally to their customers and employees unlike, for example, United Airlines who, in the late 90s, tried to deny to their gay employees the same perks that were given to their straight employees. A big fuss was made and now United Airlines are totally gay friendly.

So, again, hooray for making a fuss. Not special treatment - equal treatment

Well if it is discrimination for an organization to favor whites over any other race or heterosexuals over homosexuals then I'd say the opposite is logically true. Since when was a feature set the only service Apple offered?

Of course the official definition of discrimination involves the prejudice against a group based on race or other but I'm using it in the more casual way the media likes to use it.

A few of you seem to be missing the point of marriage rather spectacularly (and possibly willfully).

I agree that there should be provisions for a single person to will their belongings to someone else. However, marriage by definition is between a man and a woman. Whether you want to look at this theistically or evolutionarily, marriage is between a man and a woman. Any single person gets 'no special treatment'/'equal treatment' as any other single, unmarried person.

Boy we are bordering on opening a huge can o worms. Look, I'll let this go cause this is not the place for this debate. I wasn't speaking specifically towards Apple, my comments were more at companies in general.

I am not opposed to equal treatment, but I am opposed to preferential treatment. Where those boundaries lie I think is where the debate will rage on, as it should. Discourse is good for the world, so long as it remains reasonable & respectful.

OK, now i have lost any and all respect for homos..... not one of you, and there seem to be alot of gays frequenting this board, has complained about the gay porn picture on post #76.

none of you feel this is inappropriate? gay porn, straight porn, on this site, nobody besides me thinks this is totally sick?

and you know why straight married couples have been favored by the state for eons? because they freakin procreate and sustain the population. i would like see just one gay or lesbian couple make a child with their partner!

Like those black people. Always making a fuss.
Like those women who wanted a vote. Always making a fuss.
Or those Jews who objected to being gassed. Always making a fuss.
Why oh why do these oppressed minorities moan and gripe so?

C.

1. It's not GAY. It's HOMOSEXUAL or LESBIAN. Please stop the smokescreen.

2. Apple has done a good job of maintaining a neutral stance on this difficult subject. Keep it up. Taking a corporate stance can help almost no one, especially Apple.

3. It is sad that instead of courteously maintaining their silence about the subject, as Apple has done, they insist in pressing their lifestyle on the rest of the world as if it really were normal.

4. There is nothing wrong with being attracted, even sexually, to another person. The right or wrong comes in the actions in response to that attraction. Just as a heterosexual does not run around constantly boasting about his preference, I would prefer it if the same attitude would be taken by everyone.

I don't really see where gays are asking for preferential treatment here.

For example, when it comes to discrimination, it's possible to discriminate against heterosexuals for being heterosexual, but most of the time, it's the homosexuals that are discriminated against. It's legal to fire or not hire someone for their sexuality, and it's disproportionately done against gays.

It may seem like gays are getting preferential treatment for getting benefits for their live-in partners, but there is no legal equivalent to marriage that they're allowed to go into, unless they want to enter a heterosexual marriage. They are having to do with cohabitation agreements instead, being treated as a second class with regards to that form of legal recognition.

Then there's this accusation that gays would be ruining families if they're allowed to marry, which is absurd. Heterosexuals are ruining families at a stunning rate that gays can't possibly live up to that level of destruction.

so...wait...


My holding hands with my girlfriend, or giving her a quick peck as we go our separate ways on campus, that's constant boasting? I mean, seriously, I go out in public and see hetero professions of love every day; weddings, romance movies, straight students on campus, etc.

Palex I am with you. You gotta have kids before you are a proper citizen.

One group we should really discriminate against are the childless. These people say they are heterosexual. Pretend they are like you and me. And then go and not have babies. They CHOOSE to be that way. BURN IN HELL I say. It is clearly against God and Nature!

And some of them say "it's a medical condition. Boo hoo! My tadpoles can't swim straight". These freaks are just not trying. Who allows these sterile freaks to get married in the first place?

Funny isn't it how many so gay and lesbian people *do* have children. Lesbian next-door has three! Did no one explain the rules to them?

C.

(WARNING this post contains sarcasm)

And yes, posting porn on this forum was very inappropriate.

Maybe someone did, but she doesn't particularly care for the rules and chooses to do what she will.

In 5 more years I can star in a movie called "The 40-Year-Old Virgin." Sex is for marriage, and I am a man that has not yet met the right woman. God promises that trusting in him, in his love, and in his rules, will result in a better life than going our own way.

Not all urges need to be satisfied.

But this is where the debate lies, is it a genetic trait like race or is it a developed orientation (like what we like to eat or do we prefer brunettes over blonds). Then lets say you prove it is genetic, so is alcoholism & yet we wouldn't blink an eye if someone fired a person for having a drinking problem.

Look, I'm not trying to say that homosexual's are not discriminated against sometimes, but the level of over sensitivity this country has developed towards this issue is frightening. Laws are not the solution to every problem & in fact at times can do a vast amount of harm.

Add on to this matter the fact that many religious groups do not agree that homosexuality is acceptable in their ranks but now you want a law saying they aren't allowed to fire someone based on orientation. Congrats, you just violated separation of church & state, the government is now dictating religion.

I'm over simplifying a bit but I think you get the point.

It's hard to believe you haven't found the right woman yet.

You should try hanging out at one of those funerals where religious fanatics carry signs that say "God Hates F*gs", you'll probably meet your soul-mate there.

Or maybe you're just a repressed homosexual? Or have a tiny d*ck?

Yeah, been there done that. Has less to do with the difficulty meshing them. I don't buy the Christian/gay ok stuff. I simply accept that is the way i am attracted and it isn't a healthy way to express my sexuality. Has as much to do with conviction as it does with biblical words.

btw, very funny joke, but i was seriously more refering to the anatomical chemistry that male/female genitalia makes that male/male can't quite make (reproduction that is)

I don't mean to offend you guys. Hey, I hold my opinion and stand firm on it. But I understand, as a guy who used to date and all that, that moral decisions on this can't be proven as right and wrong. I understand and accept that some see it as right, and I send my best wishes to them. What Christian would I be if I agreed with a somewhat more obscure doctrine on homosexuality but forget Jesus' own words to love others as myself? Does that mean i have to agree with them? No, I love my mother and don't agree with everything she says, (I'm 20 now, not a kid) and she doesn't hate me for it. I have tonnes of gay friends, work with two closely, live at college with a few. They are great people. I care about them deeply. I chose not to muck with my dick and another guy, but that is just personal conviction between me and God. I have no right to push it on others.

And I don't. Sorry if you got that impression. My views regarding what God sees as in our best interest don't change the fact that I believe homosexuals deserve the same rights as straight people (marriage I am still a littl fuzzy on but don't hold it against me )

Just please keep that in mind, and I apologise if I offended anyone.

This thread is a cesspit and belongs (at best) in AO. Mostly it should get locked.

There aren't a whole lot of solid, born-again, God-seeking women out there. But it's really not about whether she's a statistical needle-in-a-haystack or not. I'm trusting God to arrange for us to meet at the right time.

i agree.