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Originally Posted by Andurian
I can only urge that people boycott books by Card. He has advocated violent revolution against the US government should gay marriage become widely legal.
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Heinlein also wrote revolutionary Essays, doesnt mean a thing, seriously.
He writes those essays to Invoke discussion, honestly, no one will ever change their views on gay marriage, but for those who dont care, when they read something like that they are pushed to the Pro gay marriage side.
Card is also a widely Religious man, yet he writes science fiction, and in this novel, he makes a Priest not believe in himself and doubt his service to god. and in the alvin maker series, many characters dont believe in god, in fact the white men, those who believes in his god, are a plague upon the land. his writing in novels do not try to convert you.
Essays are essays, In my time i have written many essays which i do not agree with, they are there to invoke discussion. They are there for you to say I disagree with that.
In reading those essays you didnt find them over the top? I believe he wrote it to say quite the opposite.