Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card, and Gay Rights

Orson Scott Card has been, in the past, very vocal about homosexuality.  In that, he argues that it is wrong and he was a member of the board of NOM.  He did resign in July of this year.  He's said some pretty bad things, but no worse than I have heard from any member of those organizations, be they leadership or a man on the street.

And now, people are boycotting Ender's Game, the movie, because of his politics.  Which is silly, because he didn't even write the movie, but was a producer.  Little more than an honorary one, I'm guessing.  Depending on the how the pay structure was determined, he has either already been paid, which is what a lot of people are boycotting for, or he is waiting to be paid a portion of the profits.  He was certainly already paid for the rights to the movie, which probably netted him several million dollars.


But here's the thing...when the Supreme Court ruled for marriage equality this summer, Card said that it is a moot point and stepped down from NOM.  He said that he is now the in minority and hopes that there is forgiveness.  So, what else is he supposed to do?  Are we to judge him forever on statements that he now says were wrong?  Where is his second chance?  And the worst thing is that the people judging him are those who say that gay marriage is right and to not judge.  Double standard much?

I think he deserves a second chance.  He deserves the right to say that he was wrong.  That he was in the wrong of history and now, he hopes to be forgiven.  Because that is what it is all about.  That is what the fight is for.  It is to change the minds of those who believe that homosexuality is wrong.  And if we don't allow them to change their minds?  What then?  We won't have change.