A reason to not see Enders Game or read the books.

Saw this on Facebook and have to say..OFF MY MOVIE LIST! Lucky I didn't read his booms either.. what a homophobe. Just thought I would share.. Cause it really ticked me off!

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/07/orson-scott-card-boycott/

I've been pretty disappointed with the coverage on this with articles on NPR and other outlets that let card use the gays are intolerant thing because they won't let us oppress them. This wired article is different, though.

The thing that most of the articles get wrong, and this goes for the whole chik-fullof-hate flap, is that it's perfectly ok to have a despicable point of view that includes believing that gays are evil. What Card and chik's Cathy do goes beyond their beliefs into outright pushing their beliefs on the world through money or direct activism. Card is on the board of NOM who has not only actively campaigned against our rights, but they've also provided money and resources to criminalize homosexuality in places like Uganda where that kind of law can bring the death penalty. So, as David Gerrold basically said, forgive me if I don't tolerate your point of view with your boot on my neck.

Too late, read the books when I was little.

Ender’s Game is set more than a century in the future and has nothing to do with political issues that did not exist when the book was written in 1984.

With the recent Supreme Court ruling, the gay marriage issue becomes moot. The Full Faith and Credit clause of the Constitution will, sooner or later, give legal force in every state to any marriage contract recognized by any other state.

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.

The above statement by Card in response to the boycott is just stunning. I was shocked when I read it. How ignorant can one person be? In 1984, the gay community was still reeling from the AIDS Epidemic that the government largely turned a blind eye to. Striking down of DOMA has done little for those of us still in conservative states like me which still have constitutional amendments against allows us to get married. Not allowing someone to bad mouth you and insult you isn't being intolerant. It's standing up for yourself.

I know I won't be seeing this movie.

^ I thought exactly the same thing.

Since "the gay marriage issue" is now "moot" does that mean Card will back away from NOM? I'm mean, he's thrown in the towel, right? :blink:

BTW, my favourite news article about this was at The AV Club LINKY.
Nice and snarky :evil:

As I've never read the book, and Harrison Ford gives me the creeps, I wasn't planning on seeing this anyway. Might throw the cost of a ticket to a reputable charity instead.

Seems Lionsgate, which I have liked a lot of their movies has responded with a rebuttal to Card but still does not encourage me to see the movie. There are a lot of other things I could support like I did through Kickstarter for BrideGroom and Harbinger. But also since I live in a state, the first in the south to have marriage rights voted by the people, believe that marriage rights are for everyone who have meaningful, committed relationships. Here is the link.

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/07/12/enders-game-to-get-card-rebutting-lgbt-benefit-premiere/

I wasn't really impressed with Lion's gates rebuttal, if you can even call it that. It just basically said that we treat our homos with respect, so why are you all mad at us because we're trying to make money off this raging homophobe's book? It's the same story DC gave when it came out that Card was writing a superman story.

The fact still remains that ten percent of the money Card makes off this movie is going back to the Mormon church who will still fight against our rights, not to mention whatever moneys he decides to donate directly to hate groups like NOM. Companies like lionsgate at DC need to do a bit of research on people before they get in bed with them. And if they still decide to support bigots, they need to live with the consequences.

I've never read the books though I've always seen them in the SciFi section next to my beloved Star Trek and Star Wars genres. I doubt I'll pay to see it either and the Wired article was hilariously intelligent and just the right amount of snarky. OSC's response was hilariously stupid and sullen lol; "How dare you interfere with my efforts to be intolerant of your way of life by being intolerant of mine." That's how I read it anyway.