Tony Perkins, head of the Family Research Council — a hate group, according the the Southern Poverty Law Center — took to the radio to denounce Bioware’s Star Wars: The Old Republic, a massively multiplayer online (MMO) game.
“In a new Star Wars game, the biggest threat to the empire may be homosexual activists!” Perkins announced during his daily radio commentary. “In a galaxy not so far far away, Star Wars gamers have already gone to the dark side. The new video game, Star Wars: The Old Republic, has added a special feature: gay relationships.”
“That surprised a lot of gamers, since Bioware had made it clear in 2009 that ‘gay’ and ‘lesbian’ don’t exist in the Star Wars universe. Since the announcement, homosexuals have been celebrating the news, but parents sure aren’t.”
He continued: “On the game’s website, there are more than 300 pages of comments–a lot of them expressing anger that their kids will be exposed to this Star Warped way of thinking. You can join them by logging on and speaking up. It’s time to show companies who the Force is really with!”
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You need to get the things you hate in order Tony. Everything to do with Star Wars is demonstrably evil since The Force clearly is a religion that doesn't know, honor, or respect Jesus for the sacrifice He made for our sins. Do you want everyone to go to hell by practicing the Jedi arts?
Sometimes when my daughter and I play the game of Life, we get gay married for the LOLs. We're both straight BTW. Just doing our part to piss off the religous right. I think we should have more games configured for a homosexual version just for the fun of Tony Perkins getting his panties in a wad.
Speaking of panties, to add to Prager's request, I hope Tony is wearing women's lingerie when he's caught with the underage male prostitute.
To put things in perspective: This is a videogame in which you can choose to play as either a good guy, or a bad guy.
As a bad guy, you can torture and kill innocent people, and even destroy entire planets (thus killing every living thing on those planets) for fun. You can spread horror and pain through the galaxy, committing atrocities at a level that Stalin and Pol Pot would never have imagined.
But somehow all that gratuitous violence and wanton murder is OK, compared to allowing people who want a gay character to make a gay character.
"That surprised a lot of gamers, since Bioware had made it clear in 2009 that gay’ and lesbian’ don’t exist in the Star Wars universe."
Eh, I'm pretty sure that's not the case. I've certainly not seen anything that leads me to believe that homosexuality doesn't exist in the Star Wars universe.
“That surprised a lot of gamers, since Bioware had made it clear in 2009 that gay’ and lesbian’ don’t exist in the Star Wars universe."
...since Bioware had made it clear in 2009 that gay’ and lesbian’ don’t exist in the Star Wars universe.
But Bioware doesn't have ultimate authority over the Star Wars canon, George Lucas does.
And whatever Big George says goes in his own universe. He has the right to destroy his own creation at whim. Hmmm, where have I heard that before?
Oh for the love of God... we all know that if MMORPGs had existed in the 1950s, people much like Perkins would be outraged that gamers would have the opportunity to play as anything other than a White Anglo-Saxon Protestant... or that white people could interact with black people over the game without knowing it, for that matter. Because we can't have people realizing that those who are different from them are equals!
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“That surprised a lot of gamers, since Bioware had made it clear in 2009 that gay’ and lesbian’ don’t exist in the Star Wars universe"
Funny, that, since there IS a lesbian option in KOTOR 2 if you play a female Exile. There was also a gay option in Bioware's Jade Empire, so their openness to the homosexual community is not without precedent.
Which means Andy Panda here is just trolling for things to get angry about.
So these people are so rabidly anti-gay that they're complaining about gay relationships in a computer game's story line? I really don't think that they're forcing anyone to be in a gay relationship to play the game.
Bioware had made it clear in 2009 that gay’ and lesbian’ don’t exist in the Star Wars universe.
You're telling me that two Stormtroopers bunking together on an imperial cruiser who haven't seen a woman for a long time wouldn't experiment with their sexuality?
So, if I play this game and choose the gay option, somebody will burst into my house and have gay sex with me ? No!
In a new Star Wars game, the biggest threat to the empire may be homosexual activists!
A fundie siding with an oppressive empire? Color me unsurprised.
<b>In a new Star Wars game, the biggest threat to the empire may be homosexual activists!</b>
Well, if that's what it takes to defeat the Empire, all I can say is go homos! LOL
Look. Christians. We get it. Some of you think homosexuality is wrong/evil/sinful. You are free to think what you want and say what you want. But do you have to broach the subject every time it presents itself? Besides, fighting this on every front every time doesn't seem to be working for your side anyway. So give it a rest, will ya?
"In a new Star Wars game, the biggest threat to the empire may be homosexual activists!"
(*Shakes head and tut-tuts *)
Sad. Meanwhile, on (a) Planet Reality (not so far, far away)...:
Come to the Dark Side! We have Gothic Lolitas & Maids...:
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...dunno if they're Yuri , but the above was taken in Japan, so (A New) hope springs eternal...! X3
The only darkness around here, is you, Christian filth. You are a threat to people. Homosexuals are not a threat to anyone, just as straight people aren't.
Kills yourself, religious nut. Go to your stupid God faster.
You're angry at the wrong thing here. What should annoy you is that the Jedi are seen consistently triumphing over the Sith, who are the good guys in your worldview.
What a bunch of hippies those Jedi are. They don't feel love, they don't feel hate. Only a oneness with natural forces. Everybody is cool, unless they're causing a disturbance in the force with their behaviour.
The Sith though, they're living like Jesus would have wanted. They're quite sure about what kinds of people don't have the right to exist. They aren't afraid to get their hands dirty if somebody, or one of their own, steps out of line. They don't care about bringing balance to the world because the world is inherently bad and animal to them, they only care about doing the most they can to grab power and become as strong as they can in their religion to access reward later, such as the power to have eternal life.
Sound familiar?
I think when Bioware said that "lesbian" and "gay" don't exist in the Star Wars universe, they meant that the concepts are so outmoded nobody even understands the terms. People just fall in love with other people, and usually that happens to be males with females, but not always, and they're cool with that.
That's how I read it anyway.
I'd be more worried about all the violence and killings the kids will be exposed to. They will hardly notice a few gay relationships among the light sabers and other fancy killing equipments. Not Swedish kids at least, they probably have a friend or a friend of a friend who has two mommies or two daddies. It's as exiting to them as whether the mommies/daddies have a Volvo or a Toyota.
Ha, they obviously have not seen or heard of another one of Bioware's creations, DragonAge. You Mr. Perkins do not get to dictate what is in an appropriately rated game. Mind your own damn business.-sincerely,a gamer
"It’s time to show companies who the Force is really with!"
And it ain't with the gloomy mumblings and rabid screechings of a non-existent, invisible cloudster and His earthbound ninnies.
@Doubting Thomas: "You're telling me that two Stormtroopers bunking together on an imperial cruiser who haven't seen a woman for a long time wouldn't experiment with their sexuality?"
Depends on how tough it is to remove that stupid armor.
NONE OF THIS IS EVEN FUCKING TRUE!
They said same-sex relationships will be in any expansion pack they do with new companions.
That is quite a few months away.
And lol at the bullshit lie of people expressing anger.
Last I checked when that bioware employee shot down that bigot nearly one again everyone approved of what he did.
Christians are really stupid. Seriously. If your kid isn't gay, then his non-existent avatar won't kiss another digital avatar and make baby jesus cry. It's funny how these people aren't trying to get rid of disease or poverty, no, they want to get rid of a non-gory video game.
Old Viking, their death cult must be weak and feeble indeed. In fact, that probably explains all of the puerile revenge fantasies of their cult; only the weakest kid wants to kill everyone he doesn't like.
"expressing anger that their kids will be exposed to this Star Warped way of thinking". I think the vast majority of the kids will be like me; they won't give a shit. They already know that gay people exist, and it really doesn't follow that they will be more likely to become gay if gay people are playing the same video game as them.
“In a new Star Wars game, the biggest threat to the empire may be homosexual activists!”
And that's a BAD thing?!
Seriously, Yoda must be kicking himself right now. Turns out beating Palpatine was as simple as making out with Obi-Wan Kenobi.
@rubber chicken:
You have to read between the lines. He's whining because no one is bursting into his house and having gay sex with him.
Couldn't we just start a charity to buy gay prostitutes to all these homophobic fundamentalists, so they'd finally embrace their sexuality and leave everyone else alone? I'm thinking "Peace through Prostitutes", myself. Anyone have a better name?
"It's time to show companies who the Force is really with."
Oh, and the force really lies with the gamers who spend money on the games and really don't give a rat's derrière about who is boning who in the game.
We seem a little grumpy today. Something tells me there's another shortage of Vaseline, K-Y, hand lotion, cooking oil, and Astroglide at Tony's Basement Hideaway.
Star Wars? Gay agenda?
The guy is a fucking idiot.
I remember when Mass Effect was getting hype, the lesbian sex scene/sex with aliens was hyped by the same type of douche-bag right here, whining about the option to go gay.
It's a videogame... It's not real...Sad but true. I think life would be more interesting if it was the Star Wars universe or the Mass Effect future.
But no, right now we're stuck with people who bitch about 'gay agenda's' in non-existent/futuristic settings that have no bearing on the real world...
Funny to think about, though... I'd go for a Quarian over a human any day.
Dude, seriously? Kinda funny, I have been playing as a Smuggler and right around the beginning of the game I had an option to let children suffer or make more credits. But no complaints about that. Or any of the violence.
@Mobius_1Funny to think about, though... I'd go for a Quarian over a human any day.
FemShep/Tali is confirmed as an option for ME3. Sorry Liara, but it's all about that quarian accent...
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Sorry, Tali, but I prefer FemSheperd/Jack. Mmm, Jack. :D
"a lot of them expressing anger that their kids will be exposed to this Star Warped way of thinking. "
But no comments about how your kid can blow up whole planets and turn their character into virtural Hitler. After all, we gotta have our priorities in line!
a lot of them expressing anger that their kids will be exposed to this Star Warped way of thinking
Ok, so do the christian parent thing: forbid the kids from using the game, threaten them with Satan and eternal damnation, and if you catch them using it anyway, beat them to a pulp.
That's the way christians have been raising their kids for ages. Why change things now?
The harder you hit them, the more they feel the love and realize how wrong homosexuality must be. They will respect you for this and if they don't shoot you in your sleep with one of your 2nd amendment firearms, you can rest assured that they'll beat your grandchildren likewise when the time comes.
Yes, we have to protect those traditional family values.
....I'm sorry, what?....these people feel threatened by Star Wars?
If anything, Star Trek should be more threatening to them.
It shows people can be nice, moral and happy without believing in a god.
Also, Kirk asks why a God would need a star ship.
Oh brother, these dorks'll find demons in a bag of Cheetos!
Why don't you attack the obvious - Murderers, Rapists, Greedy Fat Cats, etc? It's always stupid things like Harry Potter, Disney World, Rock music, The Smurfs....
If Star Wars has embraced the LGBT...it's OK by ME!
Suck my big, long, fat, throbbin', red-hot Light Saber, Perkins! Star Wars (the original movie trilogy, anyway) is AWESOMESAUCE!
You sound tense and uptight, you need a nice massage from those Twilek babes & their weird head appendage thingys.
Nah, the lovely Twileks wouldn't touch ya.
Jabba shows interest in you, though...uh ohhhh...
Take a chill pill, Tony, here's a nice carbonite chamber, have a seat!
You know, the SPLC didn't really need to point out that this batshit group is a hate group, since it's pretty obvious, but at least the SPLC is capable of keeping them from pushing tyranny of the majority.
I am a retired psychiatrist and homosexuality is a treatable mental disorder, which can be cured with a great deal of patience and sympathy. Followed by regular beatings with items such as frozen leg of lambs etc while looking at mens penis’s and pictures of 1920's movie stars.
Pat Robertson for president !
It's an MMO, you can't exactly stop people from being gay in it. It's a game where other real live players interact with each other and the gay ones are unsurprisingly going to be gay. You should have this same problem with all MMOs that exist then, or rather the entire Internet.
1) Bioware does NOT own the Star Wars franchise. (There's this company called Lucasfilms...)
2) Bioware was talking about their previous games in the franchise, the KOTOR games.
3) Since the huge fuss over Hot Coffee in GTA: San Andreas, the industry has been a lot more careful about explicit material, and warning where it exists or not.
4) Just because Tony and his 23 buddies spammed the boards with little to no actual thought will mean exactly; Diddly. Squat!
“In a new Star Wars game, the biggest threat to the empire may be homosexual activists!” Perkins announced during his daily radio commentary. “In a galaxy not so far far away, Star Wars gamers have already gone to the dark side. The new video game, Star Wars: The Old Republic, has added a special feature: gay relationships.”
“That surprised a lot of gamers, since Bioware had made it clear in 2009 that gay’ and lesbian’ don’t exist in the Star Wars universe. Since the announcement, homosexuals have been celebrating the news, but parents sure aren’t.”
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