Orson Scott Card Loves the Gays
Mormon sci-fi/fantasy author Orson Scott Card has made absolutely no secret of three things:
- He opposes the gay rights movement (claiming that “by and large homosexuals already have” civil rights), supports criminalization of homosexual activity and opposes gay marriage.
- He advocates overthrowing any government that institutes gay marriage.
- He does not consider himself a homophobe.
And now he has joined the board of the National Organization for Marriage (NOM), the group behind the campy “coming storm/rainbow coalition” ad and the hilarious 2M4M.org misfire. NOM claims not to be homophobic as well, but are they willing to embrace Card’s extremist, “non-homophobic” philosophy?
Read more about Orson Scott Card’s non-homophobia and his position on the NOM board in this People For the American Way press release.
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May 4th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
You know, back when I read Ender’s Game, the first couple of the Seventh Son series, and his thoughts on consecration/United Order, I thought he was a pretty progressive guy, pretty rational. But over the past decade, what with his hardcore jingoism and his homophobia, I realize he is hardly any better than your average conservative Mormon. Pretty sad.
(How does a guy who writes such a keen insight into war as Ender’s Game become such a chcken hawk?)
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May 4th, 2009 at 4:26 pm
He was one of my favorite authors when I was growing up, despite the fact that I found some of his stuff (Memory of Earth, Hart’s Hope) SCANDALOUSLY frank about sex.
If he had kept his more extreme opinions on homosexuals and homosexuality to himself and just stated his opposition to gay marriage, I probably would have just shrugged it off, but he’s been pretty poisonous in his attacks on gays and gay rights. It’s really sad.
May 4th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
Yeah, I was pretty shocked with Hart’s Hope. The fact that a Mormon author could deal with rape seemed astounding, and yet very mature. Now, with the context of his tantrums about gays, his treatment of sex seems more of a juvenile preoccupation…
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May 6th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
This turns me off of reading any of his books. I’m not a big into sci-fi books (which is odd since I LOVE sci-fi movies and television), but this still leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
May 6th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
*sigh* The last things of his that I read—Ender’s Shadow and the short story “Stonefather”—are also some of my favorites. I’ve vowed never to touch his stuff again, but I think I might have trouble keeping that vow if he ever publishes his “Mithermages” series.
Still, he’s a crazy hateful bigot. I’ll make sure I at least never *buy* any of his stuff ever again. :D
May 6th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
That’s a much more realistic approach actually. I’m all for checking out books that I wouldn’t buy. (That way I can feel superior without denying myself. lol)
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