Friday, July 19, 2013

Harrison Ford: Ender?s Game author?s anti-gay comments don?t matter

Ford: Ender's Game author anti-gay comments irrelevant
During an Ender?s Game panel at Comic-Con, Harrison Ford voiced his thoughts about Orson Scott Card?s opposition to same-sex marriage (Picture: AP)

Harrison Ford has said that Ender?s Game author?Orson Scott Card?s opposition to gay marriage is not an issue for him.

In 2009 Card joined the board of the National Organization for Marriage, which opposes same-sex marriage. The film became the subject of controversy and reports surfaced of film fans threatening to boycott Ender?s Game when it was released. Card then deemed the issue of gay marriage ?moot? after the US Supreme Court struck down an integral part of the Defence of Marriage Act.

Ford, who stars in the film version of the 1985 novel, was speaking at a Comic-Con news conference this week, revealing that he felt Card?s anti-gay sentiments stood separately from the film and while he disagreed with Card?s views, it wasn?t his place to discuss them.

He said: ?I think none of Mr Card?s concerns regarding the issues of gay marriage are part of the thematics of this film. He has written something that I think is of value to us all concerning moral responsibility. I think his views outside of those that we deal with in this film are not an issue for me to deal with and something I have really no opinion on.?

He added: ?I am aware of his statements admitting that the question of gay marriage is a battle that he lost and he admits that he lost it. I think we all know that we?ve all won. That humanity has won. And I think that?s the end of the story.?

Ender?s Game is set in the future where a gifted child is trained up by the government to prepare for a future invasion. Ford plays?Col. Hyrum Graff who trains up the titular child (played by Asa Butterfield). ?Abigail Breslin, Hailee Steinfeld, Viola Davis and Ben Kingsley also star.

Source: http://metro.co.uk/2013/07/19/harrison-ford-enders-game-authors-anti-gay-comments-dont-matter-3889773/

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