NPR: "DC Comics has tapped Orson Scott Card, the Ender's Game author who has said homosexuality is "deviant behavior," to write for its new, digital-first Superman. That has sparked outrage among fans. Card also suggested in a 2004 essay that if same-sex marriage is legalized, "our civilization will collapse or fade away." The equality organization All Out has a petition to drop Card. (Thanks, Matthew!)
DC Comics hires anti-gay author Orson Scott Card to write Superman
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Cartoonist Dave Cooper interviewed
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