I present to you an author…and a bigot.
Filed under: Idiots, WTF Files
You know, it’s striking. I’ve always had a love of reading; from science fiction, to history, to just plain ol’ silly stuff. Anything at all I’ll read (barring of course those horrendous romance “novels”. Ugh!)
I’ve enjoyed some of Orson Scott Card’s books in the past; some I have read more than once. But a lovely jaunt to the Mormon Times’ website shows another side of Mr. Card: whilst his books are well-worded, and interesting, we see the Mr. Hyde side of his Dr. Jekyll.
The first and greatest threat from court decisions in California and Massachusetts, giving legal recognition to “gay marriage,” is that it marks the end of democracy in America.
This is how his “well-thought out” and literate post starts; it does not at all get better from there on in. Democracy is over, he says…because gays are allowed to marry. I’m used to seeing blather and vitriole from various muppets on the internet, but it riles me to no end, when it is someone that I’ve admired in the past, and have enjoyed. His ‘logical’ diatribe is so very close-minded, but worded well enough to barely hide the thinly-veiled calls for bloodshed at the end:
Regardless of law, marriage has only one definition, and any government that attempts to change it is my mortal enemy. I will act to destroy that government and bring it down, so it can be replaced with a government that will respect and support marriage, and help me raise my children in a society where they will expect to marry in their turn.
I can only hope that his children are not so closed minded to be completely and totally brainwashed by this homophobe; he is right in one thing, and that is our children our the future. But hopefully the future will be one of compassion and understanding, instead of hatred and intolerance.
Tags: Author, Homophobia, Literature
