Orson Scott Card responds to calls for boycott of Enders Game film with call for ‘tolerance’
Orson Scott Card, the author of Enders Game, the science fiction novel on which an upcoming film was based, has responded to calls to boycott the film following accusations of homophobia, to ask for “tolerance”.
In a statement sent to Entertainment Weekly, Mr Card called for “tolerance”, from supporters of equal marriage, and that despite his past opposition to equal marriage, that he hoped the boycott would not go ahead following the Supreme Court’s ruling.
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.
Orson Scott Card
The Geek OUT website states: “Even as the film’s marketing campaign scrambles to distance the film from the author’s controversial reputation, Summit is angling Ender’s Game to be the next big sci-fi blockbuster.”
In 2012, Mr Card referred to same-sex attraction as a “reproductive dysfunction” in a Rhinoceros Times opinion piece.
More information on “Skip Ender’s Game” can be found on the campaign’s official site.
