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Steve Jobs Memorial In Russia Dismantled After Tim Cook Comes Out As Gay by Nobody: 12:05pm On Nov 04, 2014
A memorial dedicated to the late Apple founder Steve Jobs, who lost his battle with cancer in 2011, has been torn down in Russia after the company’s current CEO Tim Cook revealed that he is gay.

Cook publicly revealed that he is gay last week, writing in Businessweek: “Let me be clear: I’m proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me.”

However, it seems that some people in Russia have taken issue with Cook’s homosexuality and released their frustration on a statue dedicated to Jobs, although they say they were simply abiding by Russian law.

A group of companies called ZEFS (Western European Financial Union) dismantled the memorial, which was a two-meter high iPhone situated outside a St Petersburg college, as the group believed that it was “gay propaganda.”

ZEFS said in a statement: “In Russia, gay propaganda and other sexual perversions among minors are prohibited by law.

“After Apple CEO Tim Cook publicly called for sodomy, the monument was taken down to abide to the Russian federal law protecting children from information promoting denial of traditional family values.”

Shortly after Cook publicly discussed his sexual orientation, a St. Petersburg city council member, Vitaly Milonov, called for Cook to be banned for life from Russia during an interview with Flashnord.

“What can he bring us? Ebola, AIDS, gonnorhea?” Milonov said. “They all have promiscuous relations (in the West). Ban him forever.”

Russia has had a wide range of issues with homophobia, with Vladimir Putin largely leading on that front.

In 2013 he signed a declaration that prohibited “gay propaganda” as he wanted to promote “traditional values.
source; https://www.yahoo.com/tech/steve-jobs-memorial-in-russia-dismantled-after-tim-cook-101685884074.html
Re: Steve Jobs Memorial In Russia Dismantled After Tim Cook Comes Out As Gay by CwazyBlaqGal(f): 12:28pm On Nov 04, 2014
Serves him right
Re: Steve Jobs Memorial In Russia Dismantled After Tim Cook Comes Out As Gay by emperorchedda(m): 1:06pm On Nov 04, 2014
Misplaced priority.

The masses should face their problems and leave harmless individuals
Re: Steve Jobs Memorial In Russia Dismantled After Tim Cook Comes Out As Gay by Nobody: 1:06pm On Nov 04, 2014
CwazyBlaqGal:
Serves him right
but steve jobs is not gay now ? i knew that that announcement by tim cook will impact the company negatively
Re: Steve Jobs Memorial In Russia Dismantled After Tim Cook Comes Out As Gay by Nobody: 1:09pm On Nov 04, 2014
emperorchedda:
Misplaced priority.

The masses should face their problems and leave harmless individuals
did u just say harmless individuals ?
Re: Steve Jobs Memorial In Russia Dismantled After Tim Cook Comes Out As Gay by psucc(m): 1:14pm On Nov 04, 2014
I wonder the satisfaction one derives from such practice. An act that even animals had never and will never try no matter the urge is the greatest gift to a man.

Well, hope he will never ask for the other gift of marriage-children.
Re: Steve Jobs Memorial In Russia Dismantled After Tim Cook Comes Out As Gay by emperorchedda(m): 1:35pm On Nov 04, 2014
lofty900:
did u just say harmless individuals ?
absolutely harmless. Do they coerce you to join them or do they compel anyone at all?
Re: Steve Jobs Memorial In Russia Dismantled After Tim Cook Comes Out As Gay by henryhemon(m): 7:12am On Apr 17, 2017
CwazyBlaqGal:
Serves him right

Hi

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