Here are the facts:
- The Marvel Comics superhero, Northstar, a Canadian (Yay!) mutant and current member of the X-Men, has will marry his boyfriend next month.
- The Canadian mutant – who was introduced to readers in 1979 as a member of Alpha Flight (think of them as the Northern Avengers) – was one of the first Marvel characters to reveal he was gay, back in 1992.
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Rival publisher DC Comics – not wishing to be undone – recently announced that one of its established heroes will be coming out of the closet soon.
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The advocate group, One Million Moms, is so mad they could spit.
“Children desire to be just like superheroes,” reads the missive on the One Million Moms website. “Children mimic superhero actions and even dress up in costumes to resemble these characters as much as possible. Can you imagine little boys saying, ‘I want a boyfriend or husband like X-Men?’ This is ridiculous! Why do adult gay men need comic superheroes as role models? They don’t but do want to indoctrate [sic] impressionable young minds by placing these gay characters on pedestals in a positive light. These companies are heavily influencing our youth by using children’s superheroes to desensitize and brainwash them in thinking that a gay lifestyle choice is normal and desirable. As Christians, we know that homosexuality is a sin (Romans 1:26-27).”
You know what else is a sin? Hating someone because they’re different.
Although, being gay in 2012 – even if you’re a mutant superhero – is not all that different.
I’m at a loss to understand all the fuss about this situation; why shouldn’t Northstar be allowed to be as frustrated – sexually and otherwise – as most straight married individuals?
Personally, I think Marvel should insert a few panels into Astonishing X-men #51 that include Northstar’s fellow X-Man Wolverine slicing and dicing a few members of One Million Moms into hors d’oeuvres to be served at the reception.
Sounds crazy, I know….
But so is objecting to a gay wedding – fictional or otherwise – in 2012.
Related articles
- Gay mutant in comic’s first superhero same-sex wedding (thesun.co.uk)
- Marvel Comics plans June wedding for gay X-Men superhero Northstar and boyfriend Kyle Jinadu (miamiherald.typepad.com)
- One Million Moms Target Marvel And DC Comics Over Gay Characters (geeksintoyland.wordpress.com)
“You know what else is a sin? Hating someone because they’re different.”
AMEN!!!
Wow Mister The Hook… wow!!! I couldn’t say it any better than the way you said it!!!
What a great compliment! Thanks, Woman!
Absolutely agree. it’s all I wanted to write. Amen Woman!
*bows to Mister The Hook*
We’re not worthy! We’re not worthy!!!
Wow! High praise coming from you, Woman! Thank you.
This probably puts it best: “I’m at a loss to understand all the fuss about this situation; why shouldn’t Northstar be allowed to be as frustrated – sexually and otherwise – as most straight married individuals?”
What a great way to look at it.
Thanks, my friend!
Maybe they should have Robin do it. The way he looks at Batman is suspicious
Hilarious!
I don’t understand why it matters either. Some people aren’t happy unless they have something to be angry about,
That actually makes sense… Unfortunately!
The religion I choose to practise apparently has text that denounces homosexuality. I haven’t bothered looking for it because I’m busy trying to work on this quote:
“Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?”
I have gay friends. One of them is a very close friend, so I have had the privilege of experiencing the trauma he went through in his teens realising he was gay himself, the reaction of his immediate family (not accepting at first) and his friends (accepting, but distant). Today, at the age of 28, he is accepted by the people in his life. But he still has to duck the issue when dealing with people he meets for the first few times.
Thank you, Archie comics, Marvel and the others, for including gay people in your stories. They belong to our society, too. You featuring them will give them the much needed boost to live more freely, and it will also help the thus far close minded folk see that we ALL are human, period.
Thank you, Hook, for doing your bit for our gay brethren.
Kate
No thanks necessary, Kate! Thanks for reading.
These are idiots that think being gay is a lifestyle. They therefore think that reading about or being exposed to gay people or characters will make their children (or others) want to be gay.
What they fail to realize (or believe) is that being gay is something you are born with. It is not a choice. It’s just the way they’re born.
This proves the ignorance of organizations such as One Million Moms and further alienates people from the “church,” which appears to be more like the Mafia day by day.
In short, these people are stupid.
Hahaha this is amazing. I’d buy a few copies if they’d update it with your proposed panels. Thanks for writing this!
Thanks for reading!
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The cool thing about creative writing is we get to write what ever we want and others have the right to poop on us if they want! Such a cool system!
Yes, it rocks pretty hard!
I think we all have the right to love whoever we want.There are more weird things in this world to feel ashamed about. Christians are constantly beating us with their hypocritical phrases about love and especially the love to neighbor, but do not accept when real love appears between two people, becouse this is the problem for them,they only see sex,not love.
What They have to say about all those embarrassing pedophile cases in their churches?
That’s a great question… I wonder?
I think the One Million Moms should put their energy into some real problems like domestic and child abuse. Or how about One Million Moms get out and protest war? Crap, I’m just wasting my breath.
No you’re not… Not at all!
I wasn’t sure if this comic really was happening or not… thanks for clarifying! Million Moms is protesting the Gay Dad JC Penny ads which are actually helping their sales since people just want to defy Million Moms… Is there really a million of them? Can there be a Million and One Moms against Million Moms?
Apparently their actual numbers fall far short of one million… Thank God!
They’re probably going to really lose it when they read about the new gay Green Lantern that DC Comics is revealing next week….