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He deserves no less. See full bio. That's not an argument that's likely to carry much weight with anyone who was set to boycott his film, especially in Australia, where we're still waiting for the government to introduce legislation that allows gay marriage.

Michelle Starr. Orson Scott Card makes a plea for homophobia tolerance. Inhe published a long article arguing that homosexuality is a mental illness and a dysfunctionand that gay marriage would spell the end of democracy in the US. Inhe argued incorrectly, at least in the US that no laws remained that discriminated against gay people.

After a call for a boycott of the upcoming film Ender's Game, author Orson Scott Card has released a statement asking for tolerance. Over the years, he has written screed after screed railing against gay marriage. Computer Accessories.

Here's just a selection: inhe wrote an essay defending a Georgia law against sodomyeven in private. The Hypocrites of Homosexuality By Orson Scott Card from Sunstone magazine When I was an undergraduate theatre student, I was aware, and not happily so, how pervasive was the reach of the underculture of homosexuality among my friends and acquaintances.

He added the rather audacious statement, "Now it will be interesting to see whether the victorious proponents of gay marriage will show tolerance toward those who disagreed with them when the issue was still in dispute. Michelle Starr Science editor.

Inhe disingenuously argued that gay people have the legal right to marryjust not each other. Earlier this year, Card's appointment to pen a Superman story for DC created a massive backlash against the author, leading to the indefinite postponement of the project after artist Chris Sprouse left.

Ender's Game author Orson Scott Card has a long history of homophobia. Computing Guides Laptops. When she's not daydreaming about flying through space, she's daydreaming about bats. Orson Scott Card is monstrously homophobic; he's racist; he advocates violence and lobbies against fundamental human rights and equates criticism of those stances with his own hate speech.

After a call for a boycott of the upcoming film Ender's Gameauthor Orson Scott Card has released a statement asking for tolerance.

The Hypocrites of Homosexuality : [][] A few months later, an LGBT non-profit organization [] Geeks OUT proposed a boycott of the movie adaptation of Ender's Game, calling Card's views "anti-gay", [][] and causing the movie studio Lionsgate

In response to this well-documented history, queer geek organisation Geeks Out called for a boycott of the upcoming sci-fi film Ender's Gamebased on Card's book — a mainstay of geek teen libraries since its release — saying, "Stand against anti-gay activism and deny Orson Scott Card your financial support by pledging to skip Ender's Game.

InCard published his most controversial anti-gay screed yet, in the Mormon Times, where he argued that gay marriage “marks the end of democracy in America,” that homosexuality was. In response, Orson Scott Card released a statement to Entertainment Weekly to dismiss the boycott's position, arguing that the book itself makes no mention of gay rights, and besides, since the US Supreme Court recently overturned the Defense of Marriage Act, the battle is over it's not.

Orson Scott Card wondering if gay marriage advocates will show "tolerance" to anti-gay activists. Uh, sure, we'll let you get married? Credit: Summit Entertainment. On Twitter, the response has been overwhelming. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to get you as enthralled with the wonders of the universe as she is.