Apple under fire from Change.org over 'gay cure' app by Exodus Int.



Apple is being slammed by gay rights groups after it approved an app by a religious organization that seeks to help gay people become straight.
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Apple is being slammed by gay rights groups after it approved an app by a religious organization that seeks to help gay people become straight.

Apple is being slammed by gay rights groups after it approved an app by a religious organization that seeks to help gay people become straight. There's an app for that?
The app, Exodus International, was created by a ministry with the same name. It received a "4" rating from Apple, which means the company has "no objectionable material," according to the Huffington Post.
The app is targeted at "homosexual strugglers" and allows users to learn more about Exodus, which maintain people have a choice to be gay and can choose not to be.
On its website, Exodus International says the program is designed to be a "useful resource for men, women, parents, students, and ministry leaders."
"Exodus is committed to encouraging, educating and equipping the Body of Christ to address the issue of homosexuality with grace and truth," the group says in the app's description.
Change.org has created an online petition demanding the iTunes store stop supporting homophobia and remove the Exodus app. By Saturday afternoon, it garnered 29,541 signatures.
"This new iPhone app is the latest move in Exodus' dangerous new strategy of targeting youth," writes gay rights advocate groupTruth Wins Out. "In light of the recent wave of LGBT youth suicides, this tactic is particularly galling as it creates, legitimizes, and fuels the ostracism of LGBT youth by their families."
The app received an average of two out of five stars based on more than 400 reviews
"Disgusting!!!," wrote one reviewer. "Using god to support bigotry. Apple should remove this joke from the app store," while a different user wrote "excellent app for strugglers." 
Apple has not commented on the controversy.
The company pulled app Manhattan Declaration last November when activists submitted a 7,000 signature petition arguing it promoted bigotry and homophobia.
BY ALIYAH SHAHID
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

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