Apple Removes Gay Cure App From App Store

recoiledsnake writes "Apple has removed the Gay Cure app after the pressure on Apple to remove the app started to snowball, culminating in an online petition initiated by Change.org which collected over 140,000 online signatures from people who wanted the app removed. Searching for the app now yields zero search results and Exodus International President Alan Chambers tweeted the following on Tuesday night. 'It's official, the @ExodusInl App is no longer in the @AppStore. Incredibly disappointing. Watch out, it could happen to you. #freedom' Gay Cure isn't the first app Apple has removed for touting an anti-homosexual philosophy. Apple back in November removed an app called the Manhattan Declaration which advocated the dignity of marriage as the union of one man and one woman." I don't think Apple should have banned it: they should have just packaged it with an app to cure bigotry.

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gay troll of gamers asside)

[Weezul]

Aww man, I'm envisioning the ultimate troll of gamer culture here :

You first write the most bad ass multiplayer online first person shooter ever. It involves ever so slight roleplaying elements that reward users who play online enough with single player missions that actually carry a compelling plot. Yet, all that plot revolves around a gay man seeking revenge against a homophobic skinhead gang that murdered his lover. All the gay guys are really buff while all the skinheads are strung out skanks. In fact, you end up seducing one or two secretly gay skinheads to further your progress.

You might however claim your initial Teen ESRB by avoiding most sexual themes, gamboling, etc. After the initial T release, you begin adding completely benign online missions that's necessary for further advancment that clarify the character's homosexuality and revenge motive. Again, nothing overtly sexual that might elevate a legitimate rating above Teen, but obviously the shit will hit the fan once all the gamers realize they're playing a gay guy. After that shit settles down, you finally add an explicitly romantic seduction mission, but still suppress all explicit sex. Is innuendo still rated T? I donno, maybe. And lastly you add a "directors cut" online mission that provides your character with training for the phallic looking rail gun BFG, but only extremely good online player can reach, and involves gay sex cut scene.

Epic Win!! :)