Need to Convert From Gay to Straight? There's an App For That!

And needless to say, the gay activists are plenty peeved:

The "gay cure" application, designed to be used on Apple's hand-held devices, was created by and named after Exodus International, a religious organisation which believes in teaching "freedom from homosexuality through prayer and practicing conversion therapy".

The app is offered free on Apple's iTunes online shop and was given a "4+" rating by the company, meaning it is not considered to contain objectionable content.

A description of the app on the online shop said: "With over 35 years of ministry experience, Exodus is committed to encouraging, educating and equipping the Body of Christ to address the issue of homosexuality with grace and truth."

Gay activists quickly gathered more than 37,000 signatures for an online petition persuading Apple to drop the software.

The petition on the website change.org said the Christian group was using "scare tactics, misinformation, stereotypes and distortions" of gay life, and promoting "the use of so-called 'reparative therapy' to 'change' the sexual orientation of their clients, despite the fact that this form of 'therapy' has been rejected by every major professional medical organisation".

Apple has a history of kowtowing to the gay activist crowd:

Last year Apple initially approved but then removed software from the Manhattan Declaration which encouraged users to take a stand against gay marriage.

I'm guessing they'll kill the Exodus app before too long, though of course, they shouldn't. (UPDATE:  Apple kills the app.)  No one is required to download or use a particular app, and just as you don't have to download Bejeweled Blitz if you don't want to play it, you don't have to download the Exodus app if you don't want to switch teams.

But it tells you something about the activists that even the presence of such an app would give them the vapors.