[NOTE TO READERS: This was written literally minutes before Apple pulled the app from the iTunes store. It took them a while, but it’s gone -- so, good for them. However, what got the app pulled was their receiving 150,000 signatures from people who made it clear such an app was unacceptable – so, good for you!!

I’m sending this column along anyway – as a means of illuminating what gets out there and how long it takes to get a response. After all, the app is gone, but the ministry is still very much in business, “curing” gays. So, read on…

My other thoughts this month were on a certain former SNL actress who got 5 minutes of press from The Attilla The Hun Daily News for making stupid homophobic comments about boys kissing on GLEE. I was going to write about her – but why further illuminate her name? It’s because it gets her name out there that she makes such remarks. So I choose not to mention her name and reward her ignorance.

Now: back to the tale of Apple and the App…]

By Shelly Goldstein, Feature Author

Shelly Goldstein is a writer-producer-performer who has written for every genre of television, film and stage -- and who has performed her one-woman shows to sold-out audiences throughout the US and UK. She has written special material for such performers as Steve Martin, Sharon Stone, Yoko Ono and Liza Minnelli. She has written song lyrics for G-rated children's shows and R-Rated comedy specials such as LOGO's ONE NIGHT STAND-UP. Her YouTube videos are known throughout the world.

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