Tag Archives: Orson Scott Card

Campaign To Boycott Movie Written By NOM Board Member Heats Up

The Wrap takes note of the campaign to boycott Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game: The sci-fi action movie “Ender’s Game” isn’t out until Nov. 1, but it’s already the target of an organized boycott. The group Geeks Out has launched an online protest and is asking people to “Skip Ender’s Game” because of anti-gay marriage comments made by Orson Scott …

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Superman Artist Pulls Out Over NOM

The artist scheduled to draw the upcoming issue of Superman has withdrawn from the project after widespread complaints due to the hiring of NOM board member Orson Scott Card to write the text. “It took a lot of thought to come to this conclusion, but I’ve decided to step back as the artist on this story,” Chris Sprouse said in …

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Today In NOM Hypocrisy

Brian Brown is OUTRAGED that some gays have threatened to boycott DC Comics over the hiring of Orson Scott Card. “This is completely un-American and it needs to be stopped,” Brown said. “Simply because we stand up for traditional marriage, some people feel like it’s okay to target us for intimidation and punishment.” Brown called the attacks on Card frightening …

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Quote Of The Day – Michael Hartney

“If this was a Holocaust denier or a white supremacist, there would be no question. Hiring that writer would be an embarrassment to your company. Well, [Orson Scott] Card is an embarrassment to your company, DC. And of all the characters Card could have been hired to write, you give him Superman? The character that taught me to lead by …

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Petition Of The Day

All Out writes: OUTRAGE: DC Comics has just hired anti-gay writer Orson Scott Card for their new digital Adventures of Superman. He’s written publicly that he believes marriage equality would lead to the end of civilization. He’s also on the board of a notorious anti-equality organization. We need to let DC Comics know they can’t support Orson Scott Card or …

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NOM Raised $6.2M In 2011, 75% Of That Money From Just Two Undisclosed Donors

The Human Rights Campaign marched into NOM’s Washington office today, demanded their now-publicly due 2011 financial filing, and learned that a massive amount of the hate group’s funding last year came from just two undisclosed mega-donors. The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) saw a steep decline in the amount of money it raised in 2011 – dropping to $6.2 million …

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Quote Of The Day – Orson Scott Card

“The left is at war with the family, and they want control of our children’s education. That’s what those signs on the lawns are about. I’m not making this up – it’s already happening wherever the left has complete control of education. Parents in those places are already forbidden to opt out of sexual and gender propaganda. And with the …

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Sci-Fi Writer Orson Scott Card Joins NOM

National Organization for Marriage head Robert George is still insisting that the Mormon Church is not funding NOM, but yesterday another high-profile Mormon, noted sci-fi author Orson Scott Card joined its board of directors. In a Mormon Times column published last August, Card called for the overthrow of the government over same-sex marriage. If America becomes a place where our …

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A Gay Revolution (But Not The Good Kind)

Famed science fiction writer Orson Scott Card (Ender’s Game) is so outraged about gay marriage, he wants to overthrow the government. From his op-ed piece in the Mormon Times: If America becomes a place where our children are taken from us by law and forced to attend schools where they are taught that cohabitation is as good as marriage, that …

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