Apple Removes iTunes from "Christian Values Network"

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Source: Change News

Apple Removes iTunes from "Christian Values Network"
by Joe Mirabella · July 27, 2011

by Joe Mirabella · July 27, 2011



Apple has removed their iTunes store from the “Christan Values Network” (CVN.org) after more than 22,000 people signed a petition on Change.org started by Ben Crowther, a student and Apple customer concerned about CVN’s funding of anti-gay, anti-women organizations like Focus on the Family and the Family Research Council.

The Apple campaign, which picked up significant momentum after 13,000 AllOut.org members signed another petition on Thursday, follows Microsoft’s decision to leave CVN two weeks ago, prompted by another customer-driven campaign on Change.org. Several other companies have removed their online stores since then, including REI, Macy's, Delta Airlines, BBC America, and Wells Fargo.

“From the beginning, I knew that once this issue was brought to Apple's attention, they would not want to be a part of CVN because it funds anti-gay hate groups like Focus on the Family and the Family Research Council,” said Change.org petition starter Ben Crowther. “Apple is a fair-minded business. I'm glad this petition helped make Apple aware of this issue, and I am thrilled that they removed iTunes from CVN.”

Crowther is no stranger to anti-gay bullying. It started in high school when he and his boyfriend were only the second gay couple to come out to their classmates. “The harassment got so bad I had to go to the principal,” Crowther told Change.org.

Read more: http://news.change.org/stories/apple-removes-itunes-from-christian-values-network

[meegbear]

1. Bravo to Apple and Microsoft!

[emulatorloo]

2. Good news.

[maddogesq]

6. And a good business decision in the long-term, IMHO.

Numbers don't lie.

[avebury]

3. K&R

[sarcasmo]

4. Nice to see a corporation stand up to the values cult.

[Heywood J]

5. "Stand up to the values cult"?

They joined it in the first place and left under duress (when pushed by thousands of consumers). How is that in any way "standing up to the values cult"?