Apple removes anti-gay app from App Store

Following an online petition from, Apple pulls iPhone app Manhattan Declaration, saying the app "is offensive to large groups of people."

(Credit: Manhattan Declaration)





In reaction to the app, created an online petition directed toward Apple CEO Steve Jobs asking that the app be removed for its "hateful and divisive language." Following e-mails from more than 7,700 people sent through, Apple removed the app Thanksgiving weekend.

In response to the app's removal, an Apple spokeswoman e-mailed CNET the following statement:


In its own response yesterday, the Manhattan Declaration said that it's perplexed over Apple's decision to remove the app, saying that "Apple pulled the app shortly after a small but very vocal protest by those who favor gay marriage and abortion."

Responding to charges that the Manhattan Declaration is homophobic and anti-gay, the group said it doesn't believe that "disagreement" is "gay-bashing" and insists that the language it uses "to defend traditional marriage and the sanctity of human civil, non-inflammatory, and respectful." The group also said it has written to Steve Jobs urging him to restore the app.

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