Signers of the Manhattan Declaration are disappointed that Apple has pulled our app from its site. We were not notified by Apple that the app was being pulled—nor have we been told why—but the app quietly disappeared from the site over the holiday weekend.

Given that there are 300,000+ apps available, it is surprising to us that there couldn’t continue to be an app focused on the sanctity of human life, marriage as the exclusive union of one man and one woman and religious liberty—views that millions of Americans have in common. The Manhattan Declaration is written in respectful language, and it engages the beliefs of those who differ in an honest, thoughtful and civil manner. The document can be found at www.ManhattanDeclaration.org.

Yesterday, the original drafters of the Manhattan Declaration—Chuck Colson of the Colson Center for Christian Worldview, Robert George of Princeton University and Timothy George of Beeson Divinity School—faxed Steve Jobs a letter urging him, “in the spirit of civil discourse,” to reinstate the Manhattan Declaration app as soon as possible.