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Apple is under fire for approving a cure for Gay people, in the form of a iPhone App.
The App by the organisation of the same name Exodus International has been widely criticised both for it’s functionality and content.
- “Just tried using it… but it kept crashing halfway through…guess I’m bi now.”
- “Boring app which hasn’t changed me.”
- “I’m still Gay, and God loves me.”
- I can’t understand why Apple would allow such a thing. Being that just about every Gay person I know owns at least one of their products.
- “Biblehumper” labelled the app as “shameful” and “disgusting”
Of 27 ratings in the Australian iTunes store, only one gave it 5 stars. 25 people rated the App as 1 star. Substantially more votes have been cast in the US iTunes store. Of the 586 ratings, 154 rated it 5 stars, and 413 rated it a 1 star app.
The New Zealand iTunes store registered one vote, the voter giving the App a 1 star rating. His comment “not even his most Christian friends would accept this Gospel”.
At Change.org, around 35,000 people have signed an online petition for Apple to remove the App.
Exodus International claims over 35 years of ministry experience and to be “the world’s largest ministry to individuals and families impacted by homosexuality”. Exodus states that it “upholds heterosexuality as God’s creative intent for humanity, and subsequently views homosexual expression as outside of God’s will”.
An interdenominational not-for-profit Christian organization, founded by Michael Bussee, Gary Cooper, Frank Worthen, Ron Dennis, and Greg Reid. The free App encourages people to read prescribed reading material, attend events and to donate to Exodus International.
Apple has been asked whether it intends to take any action in respect of this app, but so far there has been no response.
Unfortunately for Apple, it may have to chose between offending its Christian base or its gay base. Both have significant spending power.
However, when faced with an app created around the Manhattan Declaration, which is hostile to gay marriage, Apple removed the app.
Sources:
Huffington Post
The Register
Exodus International
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