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TIM COOK: BEG GAY IS GOD’S GREATT GIFT TO ME

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He wanted to monstrate to gay children that they “n be gay and still go on and do some big jobs life. One more years of stayg relatively silent, Apple CEO Tim Cook me out as gay on Thursday for the first time publicly, sayg that "while I have never nied my sexualy, I haven't publicly acknowledged eher, until now. ""So let me be clear: I'm proud to be gay, and I nsir beg gay among the greatt gifts God has given me.