Facing a boycott due to anti-gay stance, Ender’s Game author Orson Card speaks out

Facing a boycott due to anti-gay stance, Ender’s Game author Orson Card speaks out
Geeks.Out states, “However much you may have admired his books, keep your money out of Orson Scott Card’s pockets.” In a statement send to Entertainment Weekly on Monday Card stated that, “‘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.”

July 9, 2013 by Uncategorized 1

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  1. Anonymous says:
    July 9, 2013 at 6:36 pm

    Full faith and credit
    Article mentions this about the full faith and credit clause — “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.”

    Here is an article that give a legal discussion about the full faith and credit clause.

    Full Faith and Credit for Dummies

    This article discusses the history of the Full Faith and Credit Clause, the original meaning of the clause, and the courts’ evolving interpretation of the clause. Within this discussion, the author explains the test for whether and how a state can constitutionally apply its own law to cases involving multi-state elements. This test and the Full Faith and Credit Clause are analyzed further through hypotheticals in the context of same-sex marriage. The article ends with an analysis of the effect of DOMA on these issues.

    http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1716573

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