article_snippet.sent: Apple CEO Tim Cook added that, as a Baptist,  Apple CEO Tim Cook supports religious freedom, but said: 'I was never taught, nor do I believe, that religion should be used as an excuse to discriminate.'
article_snippet.sent: Openly-gay Apple CEO Tim Cook drew upon Openly-gay Apple CEO Tim Cook background growing up in the South in the 1960s and 1970s, during and immediately after the Civil Rights movement when blacks were still heavily discriminated against.
article_snippet.sent: Openly-gay Apple CEO Tim Cook says America's 'days of discrimination' must remain 'deep in the past' and said freedom and equality is a value that is at the heart of Openly-gay Apple CEO Tim Cook company.
article_snippet.sent: Openly-gay Apple CEO Tim Cook added: 'Apple is open.