Apple has once again rejected the anti-gay iPhone application, “Manhattan Declaration,” from its App Store even after its creators revised its original submission.
The edited version of the application removed a poll which asked users their opinions regarding LGBT relationships and abortion, and awarded points for “correct” answers, which were in opposition to LGBT-equality.
One question asked, “Do you support same-sex relationships?” If a user answered “yes,” they were told that they had replied incorrectly.
Apple re-affirmed its earlier decision to yank the “Manhattan Declaration,” and said the app is “objectionable and potentially harmful to others.”
“Inasmuch as the Manhattan Declaration simply reaffirms the moral teachings of our Christian faith on the sanctity of human life, marriage and sexual morality, and religious freedom and the rights of conscience, Apple’s statement amounts to the charge that our faith is ‘potentially harmful to others,’” the creators said in a statement.
Over the Thanksgiving weekend, Apple removed the “Manhattan Declaration” application from it’s App store after a petition of over 8,000 signatures was sent to them decrying the anti-gay marriage messaging it carried.
The “Manhattan Declaration” is a 4,700-word manifesto released in 2009 by Christian and Catholic leaders Charles Colson, Robert George, and Timothy George, and rails against the “erosion” of marriage.
The declaration says that gay relationships are “immoral” and that same-sex marriages are equivalent to sanctioning incest.
The application’s creators plan to appeal their rejected app to Apple’s App Review Board after the holidays.
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Gotta love apple <3
I wish I was in the market for a new or second desktop.
Glad to own a Mac! xD
I had to laugh at “Apple’s statement amounts to the charge that our faith is ‘potentially harmful to others,’” Clearly the creators have never heard of the crusades, the salem witch trials… or any other incidents throughout hitstory where people were killed for opposing the christian faith.
It’s couse the majority of Mac owners are gay or gay friendly :P.
Well Apple, you may charge too much for popular songs, but at least we’re on the same page here. :3
Smart move Apple…Smart move
I love apple! I’m using my iPod touch to type this as I speak
Oh I can just hear NOM SCREAM about this one, lol!!! Good for Apple to stand strong against hatred and homophobia.
If same-sex marriages is to be viewed as an equivalent to sanctioning incest. Then, any sin commited by Christian and Catholic leaders and any others from that point of view is to be viewed as the same as but not limited to, homosexuality. To return the favor of said fairness. They have judged, so they are judged.
Watch out for the kitchen sink…
Thank you Apple!
Christians are so f'd up.
Jesus would not be happy with them.
1. Jesus forgave the woman caught in adultery. But he also said go and sin no more.
2. Jesus also said he came to fulfill the law, not do away with it. What law was that? The law of Moses, given by God. What does the law of Moses say about homosexuality? Go and read it.
3. There will be a judgment. And Jesus will be the judge. Whose standards will He use? Yours?
The law of moses says nothing about homosexuality, it was another man who wrote those verses.
Also, the same "law" about homosexuality says you can't shave your beard; it is a sin. Good luck with that one.
F Jesus GO BUDAH!
I bet that if you answered all of the questions "correctly", it said "congratulations! you are pure!" at the end.
Thanks for that. I’ll use it in the next debate I’m in. :D
Apple has the right to do with its site as it wants. I am opposed to gay marriages but we cannot insist private companies accept our app anymore than I would allow a gay message to be inserted in my church bulletin. We love the gays but oppose their sin, just as we love the murderers and pedophiles but oppose their sin.
I have all apple stuff and I’m glad :-)