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Hooray for Mob Rule: Apple Boots 'Ex-Gay' App After 150K People Demand Tolerance

by Matthew Zuras on March 23, 2011 at 12:00 PM

Well, I was right. Change.org's petition to Apple to remove Exodus International's so-called "gay cure" app has reached 150,000 signatures, and now the app's no longer available. Apple hasn't yet released a statement on the matter.

As Cult of Mac points out: "The real issue [is that] Apple has no coherent policy about what kind of content gets approved and remains in iTunes." Indeed.

Gay Gamer took issue with my defense of the wingnut organization's app, but I think commenter SecretMoblin aptly clarifies one of the points I tried to make previously. "The folks behind Exodus are perfectly aware of the controversy this app would bring... Exodus wants pressure from gay and lesbian organizations to pull the app so it can prove its point about those mean intolerant gays shutting down anybody who gets in their way." Looks like they got their wish.

Tags: Apple, apps, ex+gay+app, ex-gay, exgayapp, ExodusInternational, iphone, top

source: NBC Bay Area, Cult of Mac

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High ClimberMar 23rd 2011 12:27PM

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There is no tolerance from the left. They are hypocrites through-and-through.

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bcMar 23rd 2011 1:06PM

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How is this different from the censoring so many people are against? Censoring is not ok, unless something goes against your beliefs? Hmmm...

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AurrinMar 23rd 2011 4:32PM

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Yeah, I gotta say, this doesn't meet any definition of tolerance. If people have no right to say someone isn't gay, then they also have no right to say someone is (if they'd wish to argue that 'ex-gays' are still gay) or that they never were (if they'd wish to argue that it didn't count as gay). Organizations promoting 'ex-gays' are fundamentally no different than organizations that promote gay & lesbian activities. I'll grant you that some of the current 'ex-gay' organizations appear a little on the preachy side, but asking for their removal is just hypocritical: why should there be any less tolerance for ex-gays than for gays?

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RawjaMar 24th 2011 4:53AM

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Hooray for science and objective reality.

"Conversion therapy" has been universally condemned by every major medical and scientific organization around the world. The American Psychological Association, American Medical Association, and American Counseling Association have all rejected "ex-gay" therapy, saying that it results in catastrophic damage to the mental health of its victims.

Recasting this as "look at the intolerant lefties" totally misses the point.

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