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Under fire from gay activists, DC Comics shelves Superman project by Mormon ‘Ender’s Game’ author

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NEW YORK CITY , March 11, 2013 ( LifeSiteNews ) – After pro-homosexual activists promoted an online  petition  demanding the firing of award-winning speculative fiction writer Orson Scott Card from an upcoming Superman comic anthology, DC Comics confirmed that Card’s portion of the project has been shelved indefinitely.  Card, who is Mormon, sits on the board of the  National Organization for Marriage  (NOM) and has been outspoken about his opposition to redefining marriage to include same-sex couples.  Orson Scott Card In an opinion piece for the Mormon Times , he wrote, “Marriage has only one definition, and any government that attempts to change it is my mortal enemy. I will act to destroy that government and bring it down.”  In another commentary for  Sunstone Magazine , he wrote, “[G]ay activism as a movement is no longer looking for civil rights, which by and large homosexuals already have. Rather they are seeking to enfor...