Harrison Ford’s Msage Rponse to “Enr’s Game’s” Author’s Anti-Gay Remarks

Contents:

• 'ENR'S GAME' STAR HARRISON FORD RPONDS TO ORSON STT CARD'S ANTI-GAY VIEWS: 'HUMANY HAS WON''ENR'S GAME' STAR HARRISON FORD RPONDS TO ORSON STT CARD'S ANTI-GAY VIEWS: 'HUMANY HAS WON'
• HARRISON FORD ON 'ENR'S GAME' ANTI-GAY NTROVERSY: HUMANY HAS WON
• HARRISON FORD DEFENDS 'ENR'S GAME' ADAPTATN DPE AUTHOR'S ANTI-GAY VIEWS
• HARRISON FORD: ORSON CARD'S ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE VIEWS NOT ADDRSED IN 'ENR'S GAME'
• HARRISON FORD OPENS UP ABOUT ANTI-GAY NTROVERSY SURROUNDG NEW FILM ENR'S GAME
• GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
• HARRISON FORD ADDRS ENR'S GAME AUTHOR'S ANTI-GAY STATEMENTS
• HARRISON FORD’S MSAGE RPONSE TO “ENR’S GAME’S” AUTHOR’S ANTI-GAY REMARKS
• HARRISON FORD ON GAY MARRIAGE: 'WE'RE GETTG THERE'
• HARRISON FORD: ENR’S GAME THOR’S ANTI-GAY MENTS DON’T MATTER

'ENR'S GAME' STAR HARRISON FORD RPONDS TO ORSON STT CARD'S ANTI-GAY VIEWS: 'HUMANY HAS WON''ENR'S GAME' STAR HARRISON FORD RPONDS TO ORSON STT CARD'S ANTI-GAY VIEWS: 'HUMANY HAS WON'

"It's well known Orson Stt Card and I have different views on the issue of gay marriage and gay rights... It's very difficult for me to rencile that wh his clearly ntrary views to the on I hold on the issue of gay rights.

Card has been a vol opponent of gay marriage, a stance that has led not only to lls to boytt the Enr's Game movie but also ed Card to step back om wrg a Superman ic this past March. Card's views on gay marriage are part of the thematics of this film. "Speakg at the San Diego Comic-Con, Ford ma reference to Card's statement that he had lost the gay marriage battle.

Card had lled "moot" after the recent Supreme Court lg and said that "It will be tertg to see whether the victor proponents of gay marriage will show tolerance toward those who disagreed wh them when the issue was still dispute. " Later, at the Enr's Game fan panel, an attene asked how volved Card was the movie given his anti-gay views, promptg jeers om the dience to "let go. Activists have lled for a boytt of the Gav Hood-directed film, thanks to origal thor Orson Stt Card's opposn to gay marriage.

HARRISON FORD ON 'ENR'S GAME' ANTI-GAY NTROVERSY: HUMANY HAS WON

Speakg to journalists at San Diego Comic-Con, Ford - who has been vol his support of the gay marriage movement the US - addrsed the issue of Card's statements.

HARRISON FORD DEFENDS 'ENR'S GAME' ADAPTATN DPE AUTHOR'S ANTI-GAY VIEWS

"None of Mr Card's ncerns regardg the issue of gay marriage are part of the thematics of this film...

"I am aware of his statements admtg that the qutn of gay marriage is a battle that he lost. Harrison Ford might not be a fan of anti-gay thor Orson Stt Card's views on same-sex relatnships, but he don't thk the wrer's opns should affect the rponse to the big-screen adaptatn of the 1985 novel, "Enr's Game. " Card has been what one wrer lled an "outspoken homophobe" for years, voicg his opns on why same-sex marriage shouldn't be legal and why gay rights is a "llective ln.

Harrison, who stars the sci-fi flick about an imperiled mankd facg an alien vasn, discsed the ntroversy surroundg Card's recent anti-gay issu durg a prs event London Oct. "It's well known Orson Stt Card and I have different views on the issue of gay marriage and gay rights, " he said, acrdg to the Guardian. " In July, he reasoned the film's storyle don't clu anythg about Card's theori ncerng gay issu, the Associated Prs reported.

HARRISON FORD: ORSON CARD'S ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE VIEWS NOT ADDRSED IN 'ENR'S GAME'

ntroversy surroundg the film over s thor's anti-gay activism. different views on the issue of gay marriage and gay rights.

whether the victor proponents of gay marriage will show tolerance. ACTIVISTS lled for a boytt of Harrison Ford's new film Enr's Game, after the origal thor Orson Stt Card was opposed to gay marriage.

Harrison Ford has spoken out about the ntroversy surroundg the film (WENN)Card openly showed his opposn to same-sex marriage 2009 when he joed he board of the Natnal Organizatn for Marriage, which oppos same-sex unns, but has sce released a statement sistg that the book has nothg to do wh his polil Harrison Ford spoke out about the ntroversy surroundg the film at this year's Comic-Con event, sayg that his ments are pletely separate om the, who has been vol his support for gay marriage said: ""None of Mr Card's ncerns regardg the issue of gay marriage are part of the thematics of this film... "The film is out October__BREAK1RIGHT__He then add: ""I am aware of his statements admtg that the qutn of gay marriage is a battle that he lost. Activists tried to boytt the film thanks to the thors anti-gay beliefs Harrison Ford said that 'humany had won' (WENN)Enr's Game, directed by Gav Hood, is a science fictn film set 70 years after an alien war, where an unually gifted child is sent to an advanced ary school space to prepare for a future 's Game will be released on October 25 the UK, and November 1 the US Invalid emailWe e your sign-up to provi ntent ways you've nsented to and to improve our unrstandg of you.

HARRISON FORD OPENS UP ABOUT ANTI-GAY NTROVERSY SURROUNDG NEW FILM ENR'S GAME

In a sea of nned cktails, Gay Water wants to stand out.

GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT

In other words, where Bud Light has buckled unr prsure as bigotry grows agast the LGBTQ+ muny, Gay Water’s creator Spencer Hodson wants his new boozy brand to be the anthis of that. “The key issue that Bud Light tapped to was the fact that they didn’t unrstand their re dience and know enough about them, ” Hodson, a gay man, told CNN about the ntroversy that began when the Anhser-Bch beer brand sent fluencer Dylan Mulvaney a n of beer. Gay Water, however, is out and proud.

HARRISON FORD ADDRS ENR'S GAME AUTHOR'S ANTI-GAY STATEMENTS

The nned cktail is named after a lloquialism given to the popular mixed drk (vodka and soda) orred at bars by the gay muny. “Puttg a product wh the word gay the tle is reprentatn self, ” which he hop reclaims the word om the negativy ’s sometim associated wh.

He thought of creatg Gay Water about a year ago while on a vatn wh his iend that had got a job wh the beverage dtry. The two chatted about the limed amount of gay people wh , and wh Hodson burnt out om his tradnal day job tech, started the nned cktail. Hodson built up a strong social media followg on TikTok and Instagram durg Covid-19 and is g some of the money om that (as well as om iends and fay) to help fund Gay Water.

“Gay is an umbrella term and the ia behd the brand is to be as clive as possible, which means we want alli, we want straight people to be part of this muny we’re buildg.

HARRISON FORD’S MSAGE RPONSE TO “ENR’S GAME’S” AUTHOR’S ANTI-GAY REMARKS

For now, Gay Water is sold largely onle (wh a few retailers) and four sugar-ee flavors — watermelon, lime, peach and grapeu — at lnch. Gay Water might not have the ep pockets pared to s petors, like Whe Claw, but “even at small sle, pani of many siz are havg succs makg spir-based seltzers and premixed cktails, ” Bryan Roth, an analyst for Feel Goods Company and edor of the alhol beverage newsletter, Sightl+, told CNN. “There’s lots of space the spir-based seltzer tegory which Gay Water n play, pecially if the brand n offer a cultural or emotnal nnectn that will feel more excg than the prospect of another peapple-flavored vodka seltzer om natnal or ternatnal rporatns, ” Roth said.

Of urse, other drks e the word “gay, ” too, cludg Gay Beer and So Gay Rosé, Hodson noted, which are also tryg to reach the queer muny and offer them an alternative the straight-domated space. Ford says that humany has won the anti-gay war.

HARRISON FORD ON GAY MARRIAGE: 'WE'RE GETTG THERE'

Harrison Ford received a round of applse for his words regardg Enr’s Game thor Orson Stt Card this has been vol his opposn to gay marriage, and Ford addrsed the issue durg a prs nference at Comic-Con. “I believe that none of Mr Card’s ncerns regardg the issue of gay marriage are part of the thematics of this film” he stated.

“I am aware of his statements admtg that the qutn of gay marriage is a battle he lost. That’s why behoov everyone that the book’s thor, Orson Stt Card, ma his anti-gay marriage ments publicly. Durg an Enr’s Game panel at Comic-Con, Harrison Ford voiced his thoughts about Orson Stt Card’s opposn to same-sex marriage (Picture: AP)Harrison Ford has said that Enr’s Game thor Orson Stt Card’s opposn to gay marriage is not an issue for him.

Card then emed the issue of gay marriage ‘moot’ after the US Supreme Court stck down an tegral part of the Defence of Marriage Act. Ford, who stars the film versn of the 1985 novel, was speakg at a Comic-Con news nference this week, revealg that he felt Card’s anti-gay sentiments stood separately om the film and while he disagreed wh Card’s views, wasn’t his place to discs them. He said: ‘I thk none of Mr Card’s ncerns regardg the issu of gay marriage are part of the thematics of this film.

HARRISON FORD: ENR’S GAME THOR’S ANTI-GAY MENTS DON’T MATTER

He add: ‘I am aware of his statements admtg that the qutn of gay marriage is a battle that he lost and he adms that he lost .