Tim Cook pushes for equality in Alabama with L.G.B.T. rights<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><a href='
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L.G.B.T. rights are concerned. Noting that Alabama was "too slow" to guarantee equality rights in the 1960s, the Apple CEO said that Alabama only removed a ban on interracial marriage in the state Constitution 14 years ago, and that it could be more progressive when it comes to the rights of people based on gender identity and sexual orientation today.</p> <!--break--> <div class="video_iframe"><iframe src="
http://www.youtube.com/embed/IRAFv-5Q4Vo?rel=0&autoplay=0&wmode=opaque&controls=2&autohide=1&showinfo=0" width="627" height="353" class="video-filter video-youtube vf-irafv5q4vo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></div> <p>Cook said of Alabama's LGBT views:</p>
<p>And [
Alabama is] still too slow on equality for the L.G.B.T. community. Under the law, citizens of Alabama can still be fired based on their sexual orientation. We can't change the past, but we can learn from it and create a different future.</p> <p>Apple has been stepping up its efforts in terms of bringing more
diversity to the workplace, being <a href="
www.imore.com/apple-shows-its-pride-new-video">inclusive[/url], and supporting the rights of minorities, including the L.G.B.T. community.</p> <p>Source:
NYT</p> </div></div></div><div id="comment-wrapper-nid-27961"></div><img width='1' height='1' src='
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