Gay Star Wars characters: still better than Jar Jar.

Don't forget it was some heterosexual, god-fearing, vagina perpetrators that got us into the current financial crisis, war in iraq, and hell houses (BRING THE KIDS!).

Personally, I'd trust a homo/bisexual Sith Lord over ANY Neo-Con Christian.
At least they're honest about wanting to ram you with their 'lightsaber'.
;)

One thing I never understood about such complaints is the fact that the gay romances are usually totally optional and you can generally turn people down easily. Never in all my years of playing Bioware RPGs did I feel under siege by homosexuals. You tell Zevran you're not into him and that's it. Same with Sky, Anders or whoever else.

So, if those "honest god fearing christians" raised their kids "properly" and "non-gayishly", what are they worried about? Their kids will turn down any potential gay advances and that'll be the end of it. Or will they... :p

It's 2012...we should be passed all this by now...seriously

Conservative Christian group opposes homosexuality.

IN other news, the sky is blue.

I stopped at the word 'Christian', knowing I would be seeing more ass-backwards logic the further I read.

The Gentleman:
Gay Star Wars characters: still better than Jar Jar.

God, knowing Lucas, they'd be worse and they'd be played up for Jar-Jar like laughs.

Tanis:
Don't forget it was some heterosexual, god-fearing, vagina perpetrators that got us into the current financial crisis, war in iraq, and hell houses (BRING THE KIDS!).

Personally, I'd trust a homo/bisexual Sith Lord over ANY Neo-Con Christian.
At least they're honest about wanting to ram you with their 'lightsaber'.
;)

And at least the Dark Side admits it's evil.

>.>

Seriously, though, I always wonder how in a galaxy full of violence, where one side preaches hate, where lopping off an arm is considered a viable way to solve things, it's teh ghey that is ruining things.

Because, seriously, murder and incest are okay, just NOT THE GAYS!

MrBrightside919:
It's 2012...we should be passed all this by now...seriously

This it what happens when you're opposed to evolution...It passes you by. :p

Andy Chalk:
"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.

And from then on, it was all in Troy McClure's voice.

You know I'm kinda hoping all those clueless twats register with origin to bitch, the only thing they will accomplish is getting their personal information stolen and some fresh spyware.

I don't think they really understood what BioWare meant with the "gay and lesbian doesn't exist in Star Wars" thing. Yeah it's pretty clear that they didn't.

MrBrightside919:
It's 2012...we should be passed all this by now...seriously

There's still witch hunts in plenty of parts of the world, next to exorcisms and all kinds of things like that. 21st Century means nothing.

Aside from the atrocious puns ("Star Warped"... seriously?), the biggest thing I noticed was a complete and utter misrepresentation of what Bioware meant when they said "'gay' and 'lesbian' don't exist in the Star Wars universe."

They obviously meant that the distinction between homosexuality and heterosexuality didn't exist in the Star Wars universe but this fucking moron tried to play it off as through Bioware said there would be no same-sex relationships. I find that incredibly amusing.

Edit: Ninjas.

Holy fuck-in the name of midichlorians, the force or whatever passes for a diety in Star Wars WHO THE FUCK CARES WHAT ONE FICTIONAL WARRIOR WIZARD DOES TO ANOTHER FICTIONAL WARRIOR WIZARD!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Well, it had to happen. Similar things happened with World of Warcraft, after all. Like the idiotic WoW rehab centers and such.

Expect more, especially if TOR becomes popular enough. Nothing is safe from stupidity.

Honestly, I think the thing I hate most about groups like the FRC and Focus on the Family is not their rampant homophobia, anti-intellectualism, or the way they treat anyone who doesn't believe the same things they do.

It's the fact that I've become completely cynical about any group with the word "Family" in the name.

I think some of the real fun here, if my understanding is correct, may be the fact that this fellow just unwittingly trolled his own audience by encouraging them to speak up in favour of a homophobic agenda in an MMO community.

That.. is probably going to be an uncomfortable experience for the sort of people I imagine pay him enough attention to want to do as he suggests.

LOL seriously, the fact that the guy made so many horrible Star Wars puns in his little speech was absolutely priceless!

"The biggest threat to the empire may be homosexual activists!"

I know it's only January, but that might be my quote of the year! All I can picture is a bunch of gungan's marching outside Palpatine's window chanting "We'sa here and we'sa queer!" xD

Well, this is... so stupid. How does this guy feel when he goes to sleep knowing that even compared to my evening his time was wasted.

You know maybe you should actually spend your time worrying about things that are ACTUALLY harming people.

Like a debt crises.
Poverty.
Wars.
Or I dont know moronic homophobic bigots who try ramming their morality down other peoples throats.

Andy Chalk:

"In a new Star Wars game, the biggest threat to the empire may be homosexual activists! "

Well, looks like the Jedi/Republic/Good Guys should support gay rights, huh?

Zachary Amaranth:

This it what happens when you're opposed to evolution...It passes you by. :p

This. Perfectly stated.

In 1996, while working as campaign manager for right-wing Louisiana state legislator Woody Jenkins, Perkins paid former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke $82,500 for his mailing list.
http://www.thenation.com/signupad/5462?destination=article/justice-sunday-preachers
Now I'm just waiting for the shocking revelation that Perkins has been carrying on a secret long-term homosexual relationship with his goat.

Zachary Amaranth:

MrBrightside919:
It's 2012...we should be passed all this by now...seriously

This it what happens when you're opposed to evolution...It passes you by. :p

Quoted 4 Truth!

TOR doesn't really look like a kid game (haven't played it so I could be wrong)
I also don,t see why having gay characters in a game is wrong it,s also weird that (according to this article) gay,s don,t exist in the SW universe.

They are pretty clumsy with their Star Wars puns. How are gays both a threat to the empire and turning to the dark side? Come on now the Sith work with the empire. I can't believe we still have ignorance about Star Wars in this day and age.

henritje:
TOR doesn't really look like a kid game (haven't played it so I could be wrong)
I also don,t see why having gay characters in a game is wrong it,s also weird that (according to this article) gay,s don,t exist in the SW universe.

That's not what they meant. They meant "the labels of gay/lesbian don't exist". A lesbian character existed in the original KoTOR.

This product has been rated G for Gay!

DVS BSTrD:
In 1996, while working as campaign manager for right-wing Louisiana state legislator Woody Jenkins, Perkins paid former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke $82,500 for his mailing list.
http://www.thenation.com/signupad/5462?destination=article/justice-sunday-preachers
Now I'm just waiting for the shocking revelation that Perkins has been carrying on a secret long-term homosexual relationship with his goat.

Sadly, he'll get caught, ask Jesus for forgiveness, and everything will be fine. and once the heat's off, he'll go back to his old ways.

As has been said about any game where relationships of any kind are optional...

If you don't like it, don't pursue it.

Andy Chalk:
Family Research Council Warns of Gay Relationships in The Old Republic

but you'll probably find more people on the internet willing to fight over lightsaber colors than about who sticks what into whom.

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All I paid attention to honestly, and it's GREEN by the way! Anyone who disagrees is a gay Imperial.

Oh no! You got gay in my Star Wars!!!

OT: Gimme a break. I love how twisted these people are. When it suits them they say, "It's a choice you make and I'm fine with that". When it doesn't suit them, you get:

...expressing anger that their kids will be exposed to this 'Star Warped' way of thinking

What fuckers they are. The strangest part is that it's not in your face gay. It's something you would have to seek out and work to make happen. If their kids are seeking this out, they may have to face the facts that they made their kids gay. :p

In all seriousness though, the thing that makes me afraid to be a parent is that I might end up like them, I would sooner choose the dark side than end up like them.

So I guess they don't mind that you can play an evil 'witch' or 'warlock' (force users), the sex slavery, the other adult themes, or that nobody in the Star Wars Universe knows about Our Lord and Savior Jaysus. Oh no, it's The Gay that's the big evil.

If these FRC guys were any deeper closeted they'd find Narnia.

DVS BSTrD:
In 1996, while working as campaign manager for right-wing Louisiana state legislator Woody Jenkins, Perkins paid former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke $82,500 for his mailing list.
http://www.thenation.com/signupad/5462?destination=article/justice-sunday-preachers
Now I'm just waiting for the shocking revelation that Perkins has been carrying on a secret long-term homosexual relationship with his goat.

Zachary Amaranth:
It's 2012...we should be passed all this by now...seriously

Naw, David Duke is still out there, still selling tons of books, still openly defending racism while crying "bias!" when people him call a racist, and still getting major support from right wing evangelical groups like this one.

Lol.

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