Posted by:
Dave the Atheist
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Date: November 28, 2010 01:04AM
http://womensrights.change.org/blog/view/apple_gives_anti-choice_homophobic_app_its_stamp_of_approvalWhat kind of iPhone app would you say deserves a 4+ "no objectionable material" rating from Apple? Talking kittens, homophobic and anti-choice extremism, Tic Tac Toe — hold up, what was that second one?
Michael Jones at the Gay Rights blog writes that, if you download the Manhattan Declaration app, you'll be asked to fill out a survey that is really a test of your right-thinkingness in disguise. If you think same-sex couples deserve to marry and support women's right to control their own bodies, you fail. But you can redeem yourself by signing on to the declaration vowing to obstruct the marriage of two people in love and make meddling with a woman's uterus a priority. (The Manhattan Declaration, by the by, is an attempt by conservatives who don't think members of their party are conservative enough to amp up the cultures wars with a statement of principles.) Sorry, wrong language: I mean, you can denounce "immoral sexual partnerships" for "eroding marriage." My bad.
Say Apple ... I have some objections to the material presented in this app. I thought you had strict standards about what was allowed in the iTunes store. Standards, one would hope, that include a policy against hate and bigotry. So why give the stamp of approval to an app clearly created to disseminate intolerance?