Ender's Game article response

I actually really liked Ender’s game. It was such a unique story and it was the first science fiction book I had ever read.  Mr. Vack read to us about the sequel and I think our class was pretty excited about it. But right after that, he read us an article discussing Orson Scott Card’s views on same-sex marriage. He is totally against it. Let’s get one thing straight here. You write an entire book where young teenage boys walk around completely naked together and kiss each other on the cheeks and then you completely diss the people that actually do that in real life? What is that? I have some really amazing people in my life who are gay and lesbian.  Card says that homosexuality is a “reproductive dysfunction.” Just because someone has feelings for someone of the same sex doesn’t mean there's anything wrong with them. I think that if I had known about his anti-gay views before I read the book,  I would have been reluctant to read it. But now that it’s over, I don’t think I want to support him by buying any of his other books. I think this is a really good discussion topic for teens like us to talk about.  I think Mr. Vack should leave it in the curriculum because it’s a very well written book and talking about opinions on the subject of homosexuality is an advanced subject to discuss because there are so many different perspectives. When the question whether Card should be kept out of the ‘limelight” or not comes up, I’m confused. How do you keep the author of the book that the movie’s about out of the credit of production? Not saying that this would necessarily happen but if they want to keep people from protesting against the movie, that’s what’s going to have to happen. You wouldn't believe how many gay rights activists there are that would be willing to do everything that they could to stop the movie from being produced. I really want this book to become a movie but I really don’t feel like supporting him, so it’s confusing.  I have never ever been able to understand why people are so strongly opposed to homosexuality. Sure, the Holy Bible might say that it’s rightfully a man and a woman that are together. Some religious people (like Card, who is Mormon) feel like they have to be against gays in to be in “God’s  favor” But if you believe in the Bible, wouldn’t that mean you also believe that all men/women were created equally, should be treated with respect and that loving people is a wonderful thing? If I’m not right about that then I have no idea what the heck is wrong with our country.