Anti-gay campaign targets videogame publisher EA

[Hugabear]

http://games.ign.com/articles/122/1222404p1.html

According to report in GamesIndustry International, the letters have been sent to a cross-section of senior leaders at EA, often carrying a threat to boycott EA games unless it changes its policy.

The company says it will continue to include LGBT characters in its games, as options. EA's chief spokesperson Jeff Brown said, "Every one of EA's games includes ESRB content descriptors so it's hard to believe anyone is surprised by the content. This isn't about protecting children, it's about political harassment."

Recent EA games like Mass Effect 3 and Star Wars: The Old Republic have included options for characters to engage in same-sex as well as heterosexual relationships

Many of the letters come from Florida, base of the Florida Family Association, which recently posted a call to action against SW:TOR's LGBT content, and which claims that "extremists" forced EA to include the content.

Do these people have nothing better to do than sit around all day obsessing over gay people?

[MADem]

1. Idiots--can't fix stupid! nt

[zbdent]

2. So they're fine with murder, bombs, war, etc. ...

bot two men (or two women) kissing? YOU'RE GOING TO HELL!!!!!!!!

[LibAsHell]

3. Can't wait for the day in America's future when these "family associations" are but a memory

They're all just as pathetic as the next.

[LetTimmySmoke]

4. Maybe they don't have anything better to do. The closet doesn't have very many toys.

[jeff47]

5. Yep, they do have nothing better to do

Do these people have nothing better to do than sit around all day obsessing over gay people?

Yes, because otherwise they'd have time to look around the closet they're hiding in.

[cthulu2016]

6. But the option to be a wookie is fine...

[LonePirate]

7. The reactions from fans/gamers has been very pro-LGBT on the sites I read

Sure, there have been a few that were somewhat anti-LGBT but many are recognizing these "family" groups as bigoted and out of touch. These anti-LGBT hatemongers are a dying breed as their numbers are shrinking.

I can't wait until these fools realize the gay marriage ceremonies and gay marital co-habitation in Skyrim are the same as for the heterosexual couples.

[Archae]

8. The "Florida Family Association" is one guy. That's all.

One guy with a big mouth.

http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2011/12/13/388710/meet-the-florida-family-association-a-faux-outrage-generation-factory/