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EA Defends Itself Against Thousands of Anti-Gay Letters

Posted by timothy on from the but-my-keyboard-only-has-26 dept.

donniebaseball23 writes "Video game publisher Electronic Arts has not only had to defend itself against 'worst company in America' labels, but GamesIndustry International has revealed that EA's been receiving thousands of letters protesting the inclusion of same-sex relationship content in games like Mass Effect and Star Wars: The Old Republic. The campaign against EA appears to be led by Florida Family Association and the Family Research Council. The letters threaten to boycott purchase of EA games if the company won't remove the LGBT content, and many allege that EA was pressured by LGBT activists to include the content, which they say is forcing LGBT themes on children playing the games. 'This isn't about protecting children, it's about political harassment,' said Jeff Brown, VP of corporate communications."

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  1. Re:Well I say by nschubach · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I can't help but to side with EA on this... if they want to boycott, fine.

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  2. So, protect you from *yourself*?? by crazyjj · · Score: 4, Interesting

    In those games, you actually have to ACTIVELY PURSUE gay relationships. So are these groups arguing that game makers have an obligation to stop good Christians from their *own* desire to pursue gay relationships? Because I'm pretty sure that eliminating the POSSIBILITY of gayness in a game is not going to make them all into good Christian heterosexuals, especially if they're *that* determined to pursue the gay endings.

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  3. Re:Well I say by Grishnakh · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Well, thanks to the Streisand Effect, this bunch of assholes at EA are going to profit handsomely because another bunch of prudish, backwards religious assholes are making a big deal out of this silly issue.

    Personally, I'm rooting for the assholes at EA. I'm really sick and tired of the religious nuts around here.

    (Note that not all religious people are bigoted nuts like these morons; there's a bunch of Christian churches these days which openly state that LGBT people are welcome, generally the Lutherans, Presbyterians, and Episcopals.)

  4. Re:The Homosexual Agenda by DrGamez · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I don't think I'm very good at being gay if this is the kind of agenda I'm supposed to be living.
    9:00am Go to work
    5:00pm Come home from work
    7:00pm Cook dinner for partner and myself
    12:00am Sleep

    Other than the obligatory orgy every other week there isn't much difference from a straight couple I'd imagine.

  5. Re:Yoda says.... by pluther · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Letting a character you are playing in a game have the option to pursue a same-sex relationship within that game is not forcing anything on you. Get over it.

    How come you people never complain about the inter-species relationships?

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