ENDER'S GAME: The Next Sci-Fi or Political Thriller?

Shortly after seeing the first trailer for Ender's Game last week, I went on Facebook and saw a comment a friend had made concerning the film.

Here it is. The elephant in the room no one wanted to discuss. While he is very good about keeping his personal views on homosexuality out of his books, the song remains the same. Perhaps his most popular cited literature critics use against is his essay written in 1990 to a Mormon audience in response to a Georgia law banning sodomy in all instances. In his defense, he has since posted a retraction to the article which can be found below.

This essay was published in February of 1990, in the following context: The Supreme Court had declared in 1986 (Bowers v. Hardwick) that a Georgia law prohibiting sodomy even in the privacy of one's own home was constitutional. I was also writing this essay to a conservative Mormon audience that at the time would have felt no interest in decriminalizing homosexual acts. In that context, my call to "leave the laws on the books" was simply recognizing the law at that time, and my call to not enforce it except in flagrant cases was actually, within that context, a liberal and tolerant view -- for which I was roundly criticized in conservative Mormon circles as being "pro-gay." Those who now use this essay to attack me as a "homophobe" deceptively ignore the context and treat the essay as if I had written it yesterday afternoon. That is absurd -- now that the law has changed (the decision was overturned in 2003) I have no interest in criminalizing homosexual acts and would never call for such a thing, any more than I wanted such laws enforced back when they were still on the books. But I stand by the main points of this essay, which concerns matters internal to the Mormon Church.

For these reasons, groups have been made against the movie on Facebook and other sites supporting activism against bigotry. Granted, the response has been small from what I've seen, but as November grows closer I would expect a little more of a push on both camps to clarify and make their points known. As a site that values all geeks and holds their opinions in high regard, we're interested to hear your feelings on the matter. Do Card's views dissuade you from wanting to see the film or do you feel his viewpoint is disconnected to his fictional work and unrelated to your enjoyment of Ender's Game?