Rapture Ready crowd writes off Apple computers for "catering to gays" (Prop 8 donation)

[Bluebear]

"Apple is publicly opposing Proposition 8 and making a donation of $100,000 to the No on 8 campaign. Apple was among the first California companies to offer equal rights and benefits to our employees’ same-sex partners, and we strongly believe that a person’s fundamental rights — including the right to marry — should not be affected by their sexual orientation. Apple views this as a civil rights issue, rather than just a political issue, and is therefore speaking out publicly against Proposition 8."

Comments:

Yes, I already forwarded the RSS feed I was just sent to the AFA.

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I think donations should come from individual citizens, not companies. After all, "companies" don't get a ballot. Note: particularly rich coming from a Fundy.

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This is a bad decision for Apple. Their sales WILL go down, especially if the AFA sends out a boycott. Hopefully they'll back-peddle on this.

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Steve Jobs has to know what happened to McD's and Ford. I can't imagine he would allow this continue.
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If you didn't already know Steve Jobs is in to Buddhism and all kinds of non-Christian spirituality, not to mention he's a total jerk to people (definitely not possessing the Fruits of the Spirit), then I guess this would be surprising. Since it's a tech company out of California, it should come as no surprise.

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Apple has been catering to gays for a long time. I build all my own PCs, no Apples in my house.


AND THE GRAND PRIZE GOES TO:

Think about their logo. It glorifies sin entering into the world (IMHO).


http://rr-bb.com/showthread.php?s=7c3a06978e299194a4e4ea11ff55fb11&p=845507#post845507

[MercutioATC]

1. I KNEW my new iPhone was holding out on me...

It caters too?

[OswegoAtheist]

19. Only if you're gay, apparently.

They're the only ones who know which app to download.

Oswego "back to back/sacrailiac" Atheist

[canetoad]

2. Bwwaaaahaaaa What an insult

'He doesn't possess the fruits of the spirit'. Cuts to the bone.

[msongs]

3. "companies" dont get ballots - is the LDS church not a company? nt

[Stargazer09]

4. Another reason to switch to Macs, IMHO

I like companies that don't discriminate. I've been using Apple computers since around 1982, and I applaud their decision to go against Prop 8.

[Downtown Hound]

5. I know people that have worked for Apple

They have lots of gays working for them. Why do you think their products are so stylish? :P

This isn't about sales for them, they genuinely care about this issue.

[foxfeet]

6. Umm, pretty much nothing happened to McD's and Ford.

:silly:

[47of74]

7. Some of the RR would probably pass a cactus

If they knew that the parish that I'm a member of uses just about all Macintosh equipment. The priest, the associate, the religious education lady, the nurse, and the liturgist all have Macintosh equipment - which I don't think you could pry away from them with a crowbar. The only person who doesn't have a Mac is the parish secretary. I don't see this changing, no matter what the AFA or the Focus on the Family Holier Than Thou Society says.

[Aristus]

8. Uh-uh. Ford is near bankruptcy, and it is all due to the gays!

Not their shitty cars or the high price of gas, so STOP SAYING THAT!

:silly::crazy::+

[marmar]

9. Those GAWD-less tech companies out of California!!!!

These people are foaming-at-the-mouth, barking-at-cars, chasing-their-tails batshit insane! :crazy:

[Tripper11]

10. When are they gonna get raptured already?

Is it the night of Obama's election? Or the next day? Midnight? Come on already, it's enough...lord take these nuts home already would ya?

[aquart]

11. No iPods? No iPhones? Good luck with that.

[htuttle]

12. Apple has been a known agent of Satan for a long time!

A Satanic, unevolvable chimera compels you to submit to Darwinism!

http://objectiveministries.org/creation/propaganda.html
(scroll down to 'Apple Macintosh' section...)

ADDENDUM III (4/20/2002): Another reader (it has been busy today!) has informed me of another link between Apple and the forces of darkness that my initial research missed. Apparently the Darwin OS is not the original creation of Apple Computers but is instead based off of an older, obsolete OS called "BSD Unix". The child-indoctrinatingly-cute cartoon mascot of this OS is a devil holding a pitchfork (pictured right). This OS -- and its Darwin offspring -- extensively use what are called "daemons" (which is how Pagans write "demon" -- they are notoriously poor spellers: magick, vampyre, etc.) which is a program that hides in the background, doing things without the user's notice. If you are using a new Macintosh running OS X then you probably have these "daemons" on your computer, hardly something a good Christian would want! This clearly illustrates that not only is Macintosh based on Darwinism, but Darwinism is based on Satanism.

:rofl:

[PFunk]

13. I knew their was a reason why I always brought/used macs and ipods

Now why don't you radical christians do us all a favor and please rapture on out of here.

[Regret My New Name]

14. AWESOME SITE!

I've been needing some amusement.. :P

[Bluebear]

24. You shall have it there, no question~!

[DRoseDARs]

15. Didn't Apple do this like a month ago? Did RR just NOW get the memo?

Are they going to similarly be late to The Rapture? :shrug:

[CaptainObvious]

16. What will Rush Limbaugh

Do now, Rush Is a big Apple supporter.

http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/5637

[Pithy]

17. Satan, the father of lies

couldn't have scripted this any better. The rabid rapture-ready crowd is turning the entire world off Christianity. Way to go, morans.

[hulklogan]

18. Apples are the sinz!!1!!!1!!!! American apple pie is sinful and socialist and the gays like it!!!1!

hahahahahahahahahha funndees.

[Touchdown]

20. Oh they finally figured out what the "i" in all their software/hardware is.

A BIG PENIS!!!!!:freak:

[Dark]

21. lol

*sigh*

Wish my work didn't depend on my mac so much... Just can't stand designing on a PC...

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You're a nutjob. Your "design" is the local church newsletter, and you do it in text edit.

[Rob H.]

22. I've been using Macs for 19 years, starting with System 6

The fact that Apple is now making fundagelical homophobes' heads explode is a long-overdue feature, imo. :P

[VOX]

23. Haven't they been raptured yet? Because if they're leaving, I wish they'd hurry up.

I like the RR crowd better when they're planning their "trip" -- arranging for a neighborhood heathen to feed their pets, etc.

Most of them are convinced that they're going skyward any second, so why should they care so much about earthly matters, like their compassionate, all-inclucive, loving Proposition 8? :grr:

[Occulus]

25. If they don't like it they can use Micro$oft...

oh, wait...

http://www.microsoft.com/about/diversity/programs/dac/gleam.mspx

Fine. Let the RR crowd build their own linux kernels.

Dammit.