I hate to say it, but the latest Orson Scott Card screed against the evils of gay marriage just bores me. There's nothing new or interesting or original there. Mammals should be straight, women should be at home raising the kids, and men should take care of their women. Just to be clear though, Card is no homophobe. Oh no, his complaints are "the mildest of comments critical of the political agenda of homosexual activists." You know, mild comments like how the legal recognition of gay marriage "marks the end of democracy in America."
I suppose I can kind of understand his fear (I mean, his mild discomfort). The last time I checked the research, heterosexuals were still a clear majority in this country. And yet homosexuality is about to destroy democracy. They've infiltrated the schools, turning them into "propaganda mills" for the homosexual agenda. They've conquered the mental health profession, so that "anyone who deviates from the politically correct line" will soon be "officially classified as 'mentally ill'". They're powerful enough to defy "permanent fact[s] of nature". Card even talks about how "gay marriage has become a requirement."
That's right, straight people. If we don't stop this movement, Richard Simmons and the Rainbow Militia will break down your door and force you into the bonds of gaytrimony.
If this minority has such power, how can the rest of us hope to resist? And Card has convinced me this is probably for the best. After all, the homosexuals are about to overthrow our government ... and they've accomplished this regime change with far fewer casualties than our current government has managed. Imagine how differently Iraq could have gone if Ellen Degeneres and George Takei had been in charge! Worried about the environment? Don't be -- our gay rulers can brush aside permanent facts of nature! Under their rule, we'll simply learn to breathe CO2 and rebuild our power plants to run off of sparkling mineral water.
Well, I for one welcome our new homosexual overlords. I'd also like to remind them that as a trusted author, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in the engine rooms of their big gay boat rides.
I suppose I can kind of understand his fear (I mean, his mild discomfort). The last time I checked the research, heterosexuals were still a clear majority in this country. And yet homosexuality is about to destroy democracy. They've infiltrated the schools, turning them into "propaganda mills" for the homosexual agenda. They've conquered the mental health profession, so that "anyone who deviates from the politically correct line" will soon be "officially classified as 'mentally ill'". They're powerful enough to defy "permanent fact[s] of nature". Card even talks about how "gay marriage has become a requirement."
That's right, straight people. If we don't stop this movement, Richard Simmons and the Rainbow Militia will break down your door and force you into the bonds of gaytrimony.
If this minority has such power, how can the rest of us hope to resist? And Card has convinced me this is probably for the best. After all, the homosexuals are about to overthrow our government ... and they've accomplished this regime change with far fewer casualties than our current government has managed. Imagine how differently Iraq could have gone if Ellen Degeneres and George Takei had been in charge! Worried about the environment? Don't be -- our gay rulers can brush aside permanent facts of nature! Under their rule, we'll simply learn to breathe CO2 and rebuild our power plants to run off of sparkling mineral water.
Well, I for one welcome our new homosexual overlords. I'd also like to remind them that as a trusted author, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in the engine rooms of their big gay boat rides.






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Having access to the private forums when Orson Scott Card becomes a Damon Knight Grand Master.
You've made me a very happy fantasist!
Aw poor baby.
Yeah, that would of worked better. ;)
I was going to write a response to that column... but instead I think I'll just link to yours. Bravo.
*bows before the master*
Edited at 2008-07-30 03:54 pm (UTC)
You know, like how we used to treat homosexuals themselves.
I think it was more his call for overthrow of the government if they don't stop this gay movement that put him squarely in the "tin-foil hat brigade."
What a load of crap. Save a boat for me.
I really, REALLY hate it when authors let their personal biases get into their stories. It puts me off movies, books and their entire body of work when I see someone acting like an idiot and can't imagine it NOT transferring into their work. Of course, in this case he'll keep preaching and no one will say anything because of Who He Is.
bah.
I have seen a fair number of folks speaking up to say he's full of crap, though.
You think it's because I'm just not attractive?
But letting the judicial system make the laws rather than thte actual legislature is, in fact, dangerous. It makes the checks and balances go all wacky. And it's a problem.
California, by having Prop 8 on their ballot, is definitely embracing democracy (although still not putting law in the hands of the legislature--so actually, they're embracing democracy in a more thorough way by putting law in the hands of the people, which comes with its own issues). So Card is simply wrong in more than one way. But I do worry about our checks and balances system when the courts make law rather than interpreting it--and that, really, is something I wish more folks were concerned about.
Gaytrimony is SO my word of the day.
It's so sad. I love Ender's Game. It's almost like it was written by another person.
I still can't figure out how gay marriage is going to ruin my marriage. Are our gay friends sitting at home plotting to lure one of us away? I have this hilarious picture of a man offering my husband a honking huge diamond engagement ring as incentive. Just boggles.
The whitewash, of course, comes from the fact that there's literally NO difference between homo and hetero marriage, except in the eyes of these tweaks.
That stuff rots your brain and you never know how you'll end up.
One day you're frothing about the downfall of democracy because people with matching parts love each other, the next you could be drooling on your rainbow pjs, watching Sponge Bob and liking it.
Slippery slope and all that.
I have to say, I was particularly confused by his argument that rising divorce rates and adultery and whatnot in heterosexual marriage means that homosexuals definitely shouldn't get married. Because...they'll make things worse? I always feel really lost when I read his rants, because whatever logic is there just. doesn't. compute.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5M9UTlD
I always have to wonder, when reading rants like his, what people are thinking to actually say such awful things in a public forum. It just makes people edge away from you slowly in case the crazy is catchy.
And Richard Simmon's is no longer head of the rainbow militia...he was ousted due to his refusual to wax his back hair. Now there's a counter movement full of Mad Scientist chic led by Neil Patrick Harris...
See, this is what I get for letting my newsletter subscription lapse.
How could the guy who wrote "Songmaster" turn around and pull this shit?
If serial monogamy, the high divorce rate, and marriage turned into reality-show entertainment hasn't already tolled the death knell for heterosexual marriage, I fail to see how loving gay couples making a lifetime commitment to one another is going to bring it down.
Thanks for a great post!
This is my fifth year of marriage, so I'm still relatively new at it. But so far, while there have been speed bumps along the way, gay marriage just hasn't been one of them.
And another one falls into line with our Agenda!
Exxxxcellent.