Apple Removes 'Gay Cure' App For Being Offensive

[onehandle]

Source: Yahoo News

Apple has pulled an app about homosexuality and Christianity from its App Store after tens of thousands of people signed a petition against it. The move is a sign of how Apple is willing to wield its editorial axe in the App Store when enough people cry foul when one group attacks another.

Developed by a group called Exodus International—which describes itself as a “nonprofit, interdenominational ‘ex-gay’ Christian organization” promoting “freedom from homosexuality” on its Facebook page (which has not been taken down)—the eponymous app describes itself as a “useful resource for men, women, parents, students, and ministry leaders” and integrates media such as Twitter and Facebook feeds, podcasts and videos.

The app was given a 4+ rating from Apple when it was first approved and posted to the App Store on March 8, but its critics slammed the app for its main message, which is based around homosexuality being wrong. Since going live, the app got dubbed the “Gay Cure” app by those who opposed it.

One of the groups against the app, Truth Wins Out, started up a petition on the Change.org site. It’s still running even with the app down, and has picked up more than 150,000 signatures. (It had more than 140,000 when the app got pulled.)

Read more: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Apple-Removes-Gay-Cure-App-paidcontent-184550858.html

[TlalocW]

1. I kind of have a morbid curiousity to find out...

Just what the app did.

Alas, I'm a Droid user.

TlalocW

[uppityperson]

2. link to the exodus international facebook page talking about it...

Can NO ONE spell correctly anymore?

http://www.facebook.com/exodusinternational/posts/206902369336134

[Rowdyboy]

3. Spelling, like most other examples of education, is unappreciated today.....

Even using Spellcheck is too much effort for today's "best and brightest".

God help us all

[47of74]

4. Good

But the reich wing won't stop trying.

[Zoeisright]

5. What is WRONG with people?

Anyone with any human decency would know that app was incredibly stupid and insensitive.

Christ.

[Fuddnik]

6. Can someone write a cult deprogramming app?

Or several.

One for tea-baggers.
One for Republicans.
One for Religion.

[LiberalFighter]

7. There really needs to be one for religion. (real or fake app)