"Incursion"

[StarFuryG7]

I know some of you here don't/won't care, but frankly I was brought down upon reading the last quote from DeKnight in this piece. I'm sick and tired of the entertainment industry taking it upon itself to try and shape the views of society, especially on this issue. I honestly couldn't care less what gay people do behind closed doors, but this is also about this same-sex marriage nonsense that's being pushed, and I'll never buy into that no matter who calls me a hateful bigot for my holding to a traditional view of marriage. Screw them.

And now I don't even know if I'm going to watch this show. Maybe if they put out a special edition where the gay love angles are censored out, beyond a few lines here or there, otherwise I may not bother. That's how fed up I am with this garbage at this point. I've had to put up with it all through Spartacus, and if you think it's not a turnoff to be watching the show, only to see two guys in the middle of it embracing and starting to suck face, you're wrong. Some of us just aren't interested in seeing such open affections when we're watching a series that also includes people being hacked to pieces; the two don't exactly mix well, at least from where I sit.

Anyway, over at Blastr:

Spartacus creator announces Alien-inspired sci-fi show for Starz
By Dan Roth
Thu, 04/11/2013 - 1:27pm

Did someone order an intergalactic space war with a female lead? Soup's on!

More: www.blastr.com/2013-4-11/spartacus-creator-announces-alien-inspired-sci-fi-show-starz

[TrekBeatTK]

I'm with you. And the thing is, there's really nothing groundbreaking about having token queer characters anymore. And very often, they are some kind of stereotypical depiction.

And the worst thing is that all these so-called "enlightened" people act like boorish imbeciles toward anyone who holds a different view. I cannot get over the vitriol spewed at Orson Scott Card, who used to be one of the more respected names in science fiction. They misquote him and claim he's said things he never said, and do not understand his argument for marriage as a societal construct. If you disagree, fine, but don't ostracize the guy over it.

Whether we accept behaviors does not make them "normal"; just even from a statistical standpoint, they have to be seen as aberrations. I'm talking aside from notions of "right" and "wrong" here. I think we do these people a disservice by automatically proclaiming they were born that way and embracing it; is it not possible some of the gay or transgendered folks out there are simple suffering psychological issues that are muddling their views of themselves? I read the other day there's a guy who, no joke, wants to become a maxi pad. He has even changed his name to Pad. Why is it okay to recognize this man as troubled but not view the trans community in the same way? Not even everyone, just an acknowledgment of SOME. And to me the same holds true of gay marriage. The advocates can talk all they want about how no one can tell someone who to love, but we have laws against marrying children and against marrying siblings. Should we abolish those if the love is consensual? People looked askance at Doug Hutchison and his teen bride. Why is that? I thought this new progressive utopia was all about embracing love and individual choice

-TK