100,000+ sign petition against “Gay Cure” iPhone App
Posted by Bradley Wint on 21/03/2011
Amidst the controversy surrounding the new “Gay Cure” iPhone app, over 100,000 people have signed a petition asking Apple to remove the app from the store, even after it was approved with a 4/5 star rating.
The app was created by Exodus International to help transform those who are currently gay, into heterosexual servants of the Lord. They believe that those who are not aligned to God’s path should not be punished, but rather rehabilitated towards to correct line. The app really is a mobile version of the website, linking to all the latest news posts and events, to hopefully get interested individuals to take part.
However, the petition was started on Change.org by a non-profit LGBT organization called Truth Wins Out because they felt that it is everyone’s right to choose their sexual preference and that Exodus is “claiming to provide ‘freedom from homosexuality through the power of Jesus Christ’ and use scare tactics, misinformation, stereotypes and distortions of LGBT life to recruit clients.”
Apple’s approval of the app sparked quite a lot of outrage among many people and they are still wondering how such application did not have material of questionable nature.
Currently the app has a 2 star rating, with many more one star ratings coming in.
Some of the comments are as follows:
No stars for harmful app
by James Gary
The American Psychological Association has concluded, in lengthy studies, that “ex-gay” therapy does not work, and is harmful.
Accept who you are. It’s not a choice. Anything to the contrary is blasphemy.
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Shameful
by Biblehumper
What a shameful, deceptive app. What’s next, Apple? An app by KKK complete with gps tracker of nearby black people?
Disgusting.
Clearly Apple has not used any form of ethics to approve the app since the very nature of the app does trigger emotional concern among a growing community, as well as other supporters of homosexuality.
At the end of the day, it’s all about free speech and Apple may most likely cave if they feel that the negative backlash is enough to harm their product name. According their rule of “being offensive to large groups of people”, this situation does seem more than big enough for a removal. It may be a question of time before it is removed, mainly because such a backlash can harm the company’s brand.
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