Quotes in Context - Orson Scott Card on Gay Marriage

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by VaedaStrike • 13 years ago

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serf• 13 years ago

Ok. I read it, I'm confused though.

I was expecting the contextual clues to provide some sort of hint as to why the statements that he has made would or should be considered decent.

I was expecting the things he said to be far less bigoted than everyone is claiming, but I didn't find that.

The pretext is that state constitutions require it - but it is absurd to claim that these constitutions require marriage to be defined in ways that were unthinkable through all of human history until the past fifteen years. And it is offensive to expect us to believe this obvious fiction.

Takeaways, for me personlly, about OSC :

Law should be stagnant as long as I(OSC) fall within it's purview.

I (OSC) can in no way imagine why the constitution must be amended. Our forefathers had great wisdom and foresight.

Relatedly, I (OSC) am totally oblivious to the bill of rights, and the seventeen additional ammendements to the constitution.

I (OSC) lack the insight to realize that with marriage comes not just the incorporeal divine benefits from God, but also material benefits and incentives for those engaged in the behavior from the government that supports it.

I (OSC) define tolerance as the ability to avoid direct conflict with those whom I disagree with, while publicly lobbying for interest and support against their best interests. Tolerance is but a psychological trick to drop the defenses of my enemy long enough for me to strengthen my agenda.

I don't really get it. Also, the first "quote in context" is not a quote. It's a summary of events. How about a quote?

""leave the laws on the books" was simply recognizing the law at the time"

Yeah, sure. That makes sense. It in no way is implying that the law should not be changed. Sure.

Honestly, I don't give a shit about an author's opinion if he writes good work. Ender's Game is a signifigant part of fiction, and the author's bigotry doesn't hurt my opinion of the story, but "if it walks like a duck, and it talks like a duck..".

Is this just a poor form of damage control to ensure box office success and stave off a possible new anti-gay-chicken-franchise scandal? Sure seems like it to me.

Quotes in Context - Orson Scott Card on Gay Marriage

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