Today, in an article for Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Apple CEO Tim Cook makes an announcement: “I’m proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me.”
Cook continues, writing:
“The company I am so fortunate to lead has … taken a strong stand in support of a workplace equality bill before Congress, just as we stood for marriage equality in our home state of California.”
While he “doesn’t consider himself an activist,” Cook has personally lobbied on gay rights issues in his home state of Alabama and at the United Nations.
All of this sounds familiar—haven’t we heard this story before?
A southern-born CEO invoking religion regarding his views on homosexuality, lobbying for what he believes in, and using his company to financially and publicly support those views?
Indeed, we have a heard a story like this before.
Before Tim Cook, this perfectly described another CEO and son of the south: Daniel Truett Cathy of Chick-fil-A.
Correction: An earlier version incorrectly referred to S. Truett Cathy, founder of Chick-fil-A.
