For actor Harrison Ford, who is starring in a movie adaptation of Orson Scott Card?s heralded and popular novel ?Ender?s Game,? statements against same-sex marriage by the science-fiction author ?are not an issue for me.?
At a Comic-Con news conference on Thursday, Ford responded to concerns that Card?s comments have overshadowed the production of the movie, reports CNN.
The author of the 1985 novel professed his opposition to same-sex marriage in 2009 when he joined he board of the National Organization for Marriage, which opposes same-sex unions.
Although Card released a statement declaring the same-sex marriage issue ?moot? after last month?s Supreme Court ruling striking down a key part of the Defense of Marriage Act, the film has continued to be plagued by controversy.
Ford told reporters that while he fundamentally disagrees with the author?s stance, the film stands separate from the issue.
?I think none of Mr. Card?s concerns regarding the issues of gay marriage are part of the thematics of this film,? Ford said. ?He has written something that I think is of value to us all concerning moral responsibility. I think his views outside of those that we deal with in this film are not an issue for me to deal with and something I have really no opinion on.
?I am aware of his statements admitting that the question of gay marriage is a battle that he lost and he admits that he lost it. I think we all know that we?ve all won. That humanity has won. And I think that?s the end of the story.?
For Ford, ?Ender?s Game? addresses its own social and political concerns.
The film is set in the future, depicting a child military trained by the government to wage interplanetary war.
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