Apple’s CEO gay confession: Russia destroys Steve Job’s statue

Last week’s confession by Apple CEO, Tim Cook, that he was gay, may have started having negative effect on the tech giant’s image. A Russian group of companies has ordered the destruction of a memorial statue to Steve Jobs, Apple’s founder. 

Cook, had in an essay published in the Bloomberg Businessweek, declared that he is “proud to be gay” and considers being gay as a gift from God to him.

The group of companies, ZEFS had originally erected a six-foot monument in the shape of an iPhone outside a college in St Petersburg in January to pay homage to Job’s achievements. It was erected following his death from cancer in 2011. 

Reuters reports that the company took the decision to dismantle the monument in order to abide by Russia’s “gay propaganda” laws. But Jobs was not known to be gay.

Part of a statement issued by ZEFS reads: “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.”