Remember how BioWare announced that there would indeed be same-sex romances in Star Wars: The Old Republic? Everyone was happy about this, right? Apparently not – especially those who are fans of the Family Research Council.
Tony Perkins, the President of the FRC, claims that ‘Star Wars gamers have already gone to the dark side’ and is encouraging FRC supporters to ‘show companies who the Force is really with!’ You can probably guess exactly where this is going and what the FRC promote, and you’re probably right.
“In a new Star Wars game, the biggest threat to the empire may be homosexual activists!” Perkins said during one of his daily radio broadcasts. “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!”
'Gay Empire?' They put that in a headline? Really?
[Opposing Views, FRC via GamePolitics]
