Posted on 07/09/2013 4:25:52 PM PDT by Ripliancum
The author of the novel "Ender's Game" has spoken out about the controversy that's flared up over the upcoming movie adaptation in the past few days, but he doesn't sound eager to smooth ruffled feathers, declaring the statements that angered fans are "moot."
Geeks OUT, a group that "rallies, empowers, and promotes the queer geek community," are calling for a boycott of the "Ender's Game" movie based on statements about gay marriage made by Orson Scott Card, who wrote the much-loved young adult sci-fi novel in 1985. Card, a strongly outspoken opponent of gay marriage, wrote of the subject in a 2008 op-ed piece for a Salt Lake City newspaper, declaring, "Marriage has only one definition, and any government that attempts to change it is my mortal enemy. I will act to destroy that government and bring it down."
As Geeks OUT's campaign has gained media attention, Card has issued a statement, and anyone hoping he'd sound apologetic is out of luck.
(Excerpt) Read more at movies.yahoo.com ...
Perhaps it's time for conservatives to start a pro Enders Game campaign and stand up to these people.
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I just finished reading his novel, “The Gate Thief.” He’s a great writer. The Tales of Alvin Maker series is also quite good.
I’d rather not stand with a Mormon author on any topic, for the same reasons I wouldn’t stand up with a Scientologist against homosexuality either. I’d much rather stand against homosexuality and Mormonism at the same time.
2Co_6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
Coincidentally, I just finished re-reading “Wyrms” a couple of days ago. It’s one of his best.
OK...I won’t see the movie because I will not support Hollywood. But I’m gonna buy his books right now.
Does that mean if I go see it, that I won’t have to sit in the dark with a bunch of homosexuals?
Gawd no. Not Harrison Ford again. Besides, isn’t he a tad old to be playing Ender?
You will not regret either decision. Funny how many on these Ender threads can’t wait to give the left in Hollywood more cash to hurt them with though.
Glad to know there’s a boycott. I’ll be sure to see it twice now.
first i heard of this. not surprising. libtards are as intolerant of others as islamists. just finished book1 of the first formic wars EARTH UNAWARE and have the second one on hold from the library.
Who are they -- other than the cast of "The Big Bang Theory?"
I plan to see it many times, each time hoping each penny goes to irritate, and offend gays, and support research aimed at identifying the gay gene.
After which I will fully support a very specific type of abortion.
Sometimes you’ve got to stand with whoever’s left standing. A righteous deed is a righteous deed.
Card’s a decent fellow, despite his having mysteriously remained a Democrat. He lives not all that far from me. Is he Christian? No, not in my estimation, but he’s not hostile to Christians. He supports many of the things we support, for the same reasons.
He’s an ally in this, an increasingly rare thing. Dismissing any public figure willing to make a stand is very shortsighted.
“Dismissing any public figure willing to make a stand is very shortsighted.”
Dismissing him because he is a public figure is all the more necessary, since to “stand with him” in a public manner is to make it seem as if Mormonism is equal to Christianity. It gives his religion and everything else he stands for more credibility than it deserves. The reality is, Mormonism is every bit as Satanic as the sin of homosexuality.
the queer geek community
Who are they — other than the cast of “The Big Bang Theory?”
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2Co_6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness
That's because you're a disruptive collectivist shill trying to keep conservatives from finding common cause.
Allies for a cause are allies for a cause. You’re being a fool. God uses who He will, to accomplish His will. Even sinners. You’re one too, you know.
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