June 3, 2013 | Online

Gay 'cure' app dropped by Apple

Last week, Apple banned a Christian app that claimed it could ‘cure’ users of their homosexuality.

The 'Setting Captives Free' creators said that "despite what you may have heard elsewhere, you do not have a ‘homosexual gene,’ nor were you born this way with no hope of freedom. You can be set free from the bondage of homosexuality through the power of Jesus Christ and the cross!"

It promised results in 60 days.

"There is absolutely zero evidence programs like ‘Setting Captives Free’ works,” Andre Banks of gay rights group AllOut said. “It is so ridiculous that anyone would think an iPhone or Android app could cure someone’s sexual orientation that it is easy to laugh this off, but there are vulnerable people who don’t know better and will try this app and fail to change. We are most concerned about those who will harm themselves as a result of this insane app.”

The app is still available for Google Android users, although a company spokesman said Google is looking into complaints about it.

What we really need is an 'idiot cure' app, and soon!

'Gay Cure' App Claims To Help Users Find 'Freedom From The Bondage Of Homosexuality' [The Huffington Post]

New phone app claims it can cure homosexuality in 60 days [Digital Journal]