Regardless of law, 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, so it can be replaced with a government that will respect and support marriage, and help me raise my children in a society where they will expect to marry in their turn.
Biological imperatives trump laws. American government cannot fight against marriage and hope to endure. If the Constitution is defined in such a way as to destroy the privileged position of marriage, it is that insane Constitution, not marriage, that will die.
(Orson Scott Card, Mormon Times, July 24, 2008)
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Way back when I read his books at all
Date: 2008-08-21 02:53 pm (UTC)When I get new< books from the library, I do think of it as supporting my favorite authors, because, when I like them, I often end up buying the books in question. I use the library as a pre-screening tool. I read so damned many books (7-10+/week when I'm in a reading mood) that I can't possibly afford to buy all the ones I want. Plus, the library does look at the pattern of requests and end up buying more books by those authors.
Maybe the fact that I, and those like me, don't read Card any more, will mean that my library system will ease back on buying the bozo's books. I know that there certainly don't seem to be numbers of each Card book in the shared system, which may be a good sign!