Apple's App Store Accepts 'Gay Cure' App

parallel_prankster writes "Apple is under fire for approving a controversial app created by a religious organization — Exodus International. The app seeks to help gay individuals become heterosexual. It received a '4' rating from Apple, which indicates the company considered the app to contain 'no objectionable material.' The new smartphone app was released last week and is now available through iTunes. Exodus International claims to be 'the world's largest ministry to individuals and families impacted by homosexuality.' A petition has been launched by Truth Wins Out, which describes itself as a non-profit organisation that fights anti-gay religious extremism on the change.org website, asking Steve Jobs to intervene to remove the app."

Comments

Re:No objectionable material?

[Brian_Ellenberger]

Yep:

Atheist Pocket Debater:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/atheist-pocket-debater/id356411065?mt=8

BibleThumper:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/biblethumper/id334558214?mt=

Re:There really is an app for everything :P

[CharlyFoxtrot]

From the website it just seems like an app that shows the organization's events and explains their points of view. You may not like their points of view but it's pretty harmless. And given the rating it received it's highly unlikely it discusses sexuality at all.

So says the all-knowing oracle

[Quila]

"You don't know any 'ex-gays' either. Because there is no such thing. There are only gay people who have gone back in the closet."

That would be a surprise to those I know. I was wrong on one point. I thought you were going to say they weren't gay in the first place, just experimenting.

Either way, the fact that it is a choice doesn't fit into your pro-homosexual agenda, so it can't be an option.

Re:There really is an app for everything :P

[billstewart]

I'm a vegetarian, and I can't agree with them. Humans are naturally omnivores, and we've been cooking meat over fire for several hundred thousand years (rather long than I'd have expected), and, well, cooked meat is tasty. I don't eat it because of the ethical issues with killing animals for food, but that doesn't make them stop tasting good.

Now, they might be able to cure you of disliking vegetables, if they've got any cooking skills, but that's really a separate problem.