Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council is leading a Christian jihad against a new and popular online Star Wars video game that allows players to form gay relationships. Perkins is angry that “Star Wars: The Old Republic” acknowledges the simple biological reality that some people prefer to form same-sex relationships.
On Friday, Perkins issued a battle call to his army of anti-gay Christians via a radio bulletin entitled “Rebel Fleet Surrenders to Gay Empire.” The following is a transcript of that bulletin:
In a new Star Wars game, the biggest threat to the empire may be homosexual activists! Hello, I'm Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council in Washington, D.C. 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. Bioware, the company that developed the game, said it's launching a same-sex romance component to satisfy some complaints. 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. 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!
About Perkins’ claim that “there are more than 300 pages of comments--a lot of them expressing anger” Raw Story reports:
A quick search of Bioware’s forum shows that there are probably not “300 pages of comments” on the topic — and very few if any of the commenters were “angry” about the idea. In fact, most players were more concerned that the featured had not already been released.
Anyone familiar with Perkins, and the Family Research Council, will not be surprised by their Christian hate and homophobia. The Family Research Council has been identified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. The Family Research Council is a Christian fundamentalist organization that has a long history of demonizing members of the gay and lesbian community.
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