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Topic: ´Ender´s Game,´ shot in NOLA, could
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´Ender´s Game,´ shot in NOLA, could
be hurt by author´s anti-gay views
Times-Picayune [New Orleans, LA], by Mike Scott
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Posted By:Ribicon, 2/21/2013 10:23:46 AM
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| As the New Orleans-shot "Ender´s Game" prepares for its long-awaited release later this year, the producers of the big-budget sci-fi adaptation would appear to have a potential controversy brewing. At issue are the political opinions of novelist Orson Scott Card, who wrote the book series that inspired the potential film franchise. Specifically, it involves Card´s long-held — and vociferous — opposition to gay marriage. Card has never hidden those views, even becoming a member of the board of directors of the gay-marriage-opposed National Organization for Marriage in 2009, but he´s publicly addressed them more frequently
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Comments:
"Are you now—or have you ever been—opposed to homosexual marriage?"
McCarthy´s line of questioning for rooting out communist operatives is reviled by the left, but celebrated when used for marginalizing non-progressives. And they get away with it, right out in the open.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
droopydog, 2/21/2013 10:37:45 AM (No. 9188758)
If you are opposed to gay marriage, are you necessarily "anti gay"? Huh...I did not know that.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Axeman, 2/21/2013 10:44:31 AM (No. 9188769)
But the book is a masterpiece and has nothing at all to do with homosexuality. The movie couldn´t be either.
Why the thought crime hysteria?
BTW, we are close to playing Ender´s game now.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
dogbreath, 2/21/2013 10:54:01 AM (No. 9188792)
This is the Left. Fair warning went unheeded. They lost me long ago.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
lavalette, 2/21/2013 11:15:10 AM (No. 9188826)
This movie will be hurt much as Chick-fil-A was hurt by it´s owner´s stance. Look for a block buster.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Whamdbambam, 2/21/2013 11:15:40 AM (No. 9188828)
Gay fascism on display. Again.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
columba, 2/21/2013 11:20:48 AM (No. 9188844)
Homosexual behavior has been considered perverse for several thousand years. What "new" discovery has changed that?
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
tank, 2/21/2013 11:25:13 AM (No. 9188855)
Y´know, welcome to our world, lefties.
For pretty much all my life, actors, musicians, writers, artists, etc. have espoused views promoting communism, baby killing, stripping mr of my rights, calling me a bigot, etc. If I want to be entertained, see a movie, go to a concert, I have to put that aside and enjoy the movie or song, despite the offensive views of the artist.
So suck it up, gay folk. Learn to live with it like we do.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Distorted, 2/21/2013 11:40:37 AM (No. 9188890)
Is it a coincidence that the monstrous insect-like threats to mankind in Ender´s Game, known as "buggers," share the same root-word as the acts of Card´s detractors? Could this be the source of their animosity?
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
kOok, 2/21/2013 11:50:22 AM (No. 9188907)
I can´t wait for this movie. The book is a classic, and I am sure the film will be great as well. The fact that OSC is a conservative type guy is just gravy.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Bill the Cat, 2/21/2013 11:50:32 AM (No. 9188908)
I absolutely despise these kinds of homos. Also, #4 is correct. It will have no effect (other than boosting ticket sales).
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
rubberneck, 2/21/2013 12:12:49 PM (No. 9188952)
Celebrate diversity!
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
olcap, 2/21/2013 12:25:36 PM (No. 9188977)
How is one´s view of the act of marriage a "political" opinion? The last I heard, marriage, as defined, and as the law of the land for eons, was between a man and woman, and was performed mainly in churches, synagogues, mosques, etc.
Now, it´s a political opinion, why?
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Hugh Akston, 2/21/2013 12:26:39 PM (No. 9188981)
Hard to peg Card politically. I read his columns here in Greensboro in the Rhinoceros Times. Registered Democrat who voted for McCain in ´08 and supported Gingrich in the last primaries. Had some strong editorials against the current administration in his weekly columns prior to the election. Even though he´s registered D he seems more Libertarian. Specifically wrote in one article that he was not a Republican but could not support the Dems.
He´s a Mormon whose great-great-grandfather was Brigham Young.
wiki bio here if interested - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orson_Scott_Card
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Grant Hodges, 2/21/2013 1:16:14 PM (No. 9189111)
I´m going to see Ender´s Game...twice.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
tedinmich, 2/21/2013 1:32:32 PM (No. 9189157)
Those who support same sex marriage and the homosexual life style are themselves homosexual or at least bi-sexual!!!
Ted in Michigan
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Brittany, 2/21/2013 1:39:43 PM (No. 9189172)
I hope that you enjoy ´Ender´s Game´ As a 50+ year SF fan, I´ve seldom seen a good SF film made from a book. They either alter the story beyond recognitoin or lose all the nuance for the sake of action.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
LamontCranston, 2/21/2013 2:15:16 PM (No. 9189262)
Card can be a talented writer, I disagree with him on just about everything and have for a long time. Its not his views on gay marriage that put me off its his paranoia and religious issues that have made me avoid his writings for the last several decades. I don´t give money to nut cases of ANY political persuasion.
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