iPhone Statue In Russia Taken Down Over Apple CEO's Gay News

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November 4, 2014 11:06 AM

A two-meter statue of an iPhone on a university campus in St. Petersburg has been taken down in response to last week's announcement by Apple CEO, Tim Cook, that he is gay.

In a statement, ZEFS, which according to its website owns construction, advertising, and finance enterprises in St. Petersburg, describes Cook's revelation "a public call to sodomy."

ZEFS explained its decision in the statement thus, "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."

In last week's column in which he wrote about his sexuality for the first time, Cook said that he was "proud to be gay" and wanted to help others with their own struggles in coming out. Hopefully his revelation will help anyone facing a similar emotional battle.

Meanwhile, politican Vitaly Milanov said last week that he wanted to ban Tim Cook from Russia forever, saying "What could he bring us? The Ebola virus, AIDS, gonorrhea? They all have unseemly ties over there".

Russia's anti-gay laws are particularly fierce – in 2013, Vladimir Putin passed a law that banned the "propaganda of non-traditional sexual relationships" with the stated aim of protecting children.

Sources: Dazed Digital, Fox News.

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