21 Responses to “Is Twilight Anti-Gay?”

1. Adam A.
   November 24th, 2009 at 12:57 pm

   

   A. I didn’t see the movie, and I am not sure that I am going to (just not that interested)

   B. I am not even remotely religious, but if contributing to her church is something she has always done with her money, than she will continue to do it. Is Stephanie out there overtly waving an anti-gay flag, NO. I don’t think people should hold it against her her religious views. We don’t know her personal beliefs so it’s not fair to judge her.

2. Rich
   November 24th, 2009 at 1:50 pm

   

   I don’t think Meyer has ever been shy about her world view. Just read the books. Since when have you ever heard of a CHASTE vampire! Edward and Bella are teenage prudes!

   There are some serious family values (no pre martial sex for eg) in the books…. i still LOVED them. I don’t think we can make big stinks about tangental donations. I donate to charities, but that doesn’t mean i agree with every political position they take.

3. brady
   November 24th, 2009 at 1:54 pm

   

   I grew up mormon – and the majority, if not all of the money given for tithing, goes to helping the less fortunate, building churches, etc. I don’t believe they were able to use this funding for the anti-prop 8 campaign, but encouraged members of the church donate separately. So, her tithing money would also be helping a lot of people as well. My parents still pay tithing, but are the furthest from homophobic someone can be.

4. Jesse B
   November 24th, 2009 at 8:14 pm

   

   I think Meyer is more damaging to the women’s equality movement than to gay rights. With her boring and unoriginal novel, Twilight, she has reinforced very conservative gender roles to millions of girls.

5. David
   November 26th, 2009 at 1:36 pm

   

   This is a ridiculous discussion. Where would this country be without Christianity? All of our laws including our Constitution (Bill of Rights) were based on basic Christian principals. Because someone is pro-marriage doesn’t mean that they are anti-gay. They just believe that the definition of marriage, which is basically been the same since time began, should not be changed.

6. Nic O.
   November 26th, 2009 at 1:55 pm

   

   oh wow. okay david. everyone’s entitled to their opinion.
   unfortunately though, homosexuality wouldn’t have been considered a different partnership if it wasn’t for religious law. and you’re right. pro-marriage doesn’t mean anti-gay necessarily. it more literally means anti-basic human rights. we all know that america’s inability through history to current times to separate church and state is continually archaic but we have to remember that these “Christian principals”, including the 14th amendment of the constitution holds these basic principals and liberties FOR ALL people. it’s puzzling because homosexuality in other cultures in other periods of time in history was more readily accepted than it is now. so this movement for two men or two women wanting their partnership to be as equally recognized as a man and woman, is not a new movement. and i’m wondering if you yourself are gay, and whether you’ve ever continually be told that your life, feelings, and love are less than a straight person and how that would affect you in the way you live your life.
   brady thank you for the insight into the mormon church. like i said, i was trying not to wave the rainbow flag prematurely. i also grew up in a religious household and my parents are the furthest thing from homophobic as well.

7. Rich
   November 26th, 2009 at 3:08 pm

   

   L.O.FUCKING.L.

   Quote: “marriage, which is basically been the same since time began”.

   That is so ludicrous it’s funny. “Marriage” as we know it now has only a few hundred years old… if that. Plural marriages existed in many cultures (still do), child brides, arranged marriages, harems… the list goes on. Marriage has evolved throughout time, across cultures.

   But then again… dinosaurs died out and mammals took over because God snapped his fingers… so who am I to judge?

8. Adam
   December 2nd, 2009 at 1:56 am

   

   I think people need to be aware of where the money they donate goes. If the organization I volunteer for suddenly enacted a “no gays allowed” policy in terms of those they supported, even if they continued to help others, I would absolutely no longer be able to work for them in good conscious. I think the same thing applies here.

9. Nic O.
   December 2nd, 2009 at 2:19 pm

   

   that’s kinda exactly my take on the situation too adam. just like not being able to go to tinseltown, i find myself torn in this as well. but that’s how i live. i wrote the article. not to define people’s morals, but to just get them to think about it.

10. MTampini
    December 18th, 2009 at 6:44 pm

    

    “All of our laws including our Constitution (Bill of Rights) were based on basic Christian principals.”

    It’s people who believe bullshit like this that perpetuate the lack of basic humanitarian rights in our own country. Laws could arguably be persuaded by religion, but the Constitution was not written with a religious tone. In fact, the Constitution explicitly says that the government should not express religious view(s).

    To other people posting: IF Stephanie Meyer is donating money to the Mormon church, she is indeed funding anti-gay pro-hate movements. Just because she’s not directly involved does not mean she isn’t feeding it.

11. Tyler
    January 23rd, 2010 at 11:28 pm

    

    David, our Nation was not founded on Christian values, the majority of the Founding Fathers were deists. Deists believe that there is a greater power or some kind of force out in the universe and it can be explained by reason and observation of the natural world.

12. Sarah
    January 24th, 2010 at 3:24 pm

    

    That’s lame. Stephenie Meyer should care about love and happiness for everyone. Dammit people in the world(not necessarily anyone on this site), stop putting religion and science together!! I am agnostic so I couldn’t give a rat’s behind about what religion says about gay marriage except for the fact that some of my religious friends oppose gay marriage for their religion. That’s one reason why I’m agnostic. I read the twi saga and I don’t think twilight is anti-gay, but the casting director did put racial unity in twilight by having bella have a black friend(who wasn’t even physically written as black) and an asian friend(who wasn’t even physically written as asian either). So…..Stephenie Meyer put religion before respect. So sad….LOVE NOT H8!!

13. Jared
    January 24th, 2010 at 3:40 pm

    

    “But then again… dinosaurs died out and mammals took over because God snapped his fingers… so who am I to judge?”

    hahahahaha, love it!

14. The Raisin Girl
    March 10th, 2010 at 10:28 pm

    

    Oh, she has every right to believe whatever she believes, and put her money and/or efforts toward her beliefs. However, we as consumers have the right–and I would argue the responsibility–to be informed about the products we buy and to refrain from putting our money into products that fund causes which we find morally repugnant. Unfortunately, I have already bought all of Mrs. Meyer’s books, and I have also seen two of the movies in theatres. Now, however, until I know for sure that my money is not ultimately going to support anti-gay propaganda, I will refrain from putting my money into products associated with Mrs. Meyer and the Twilight franchise.

15. Steve
    March 18th, 2010 at 3:21 pm

    

    I have to correct a comment below. Almost no money from LDS tithing goes to help the poor or similar causes. The LDS Church donates a very small portion of their billions to such charitable causes. Almost all tithing goes to increasing the power and wealth of the LDS Church.

16. Bear
    March 28th, 2010 at 4:36 am

    

    Has nobody stopped to think; maybe this woman has the same basic rights as anyone else? SHE CAN SPEND HER FUCKING MONEY HOWEVER SHE FUCKING PLEASES!!! If some of us disagree that’s too fucking bad for us! Who are WE to decide how someone runs their life??? Just because they have money and power means they have to agree with us??? NO!!!! its AMERICA…that means we can’t judge them on how THEY choose to live THEIR lives…many people choose to be heterosexual some choose homosexual. its a choice, don’t fucking judge theirs or you are no better tham those who judge yours!!

    Am I making sense?

17. Nic
    April 1st, 2010 at 1:07 pm

    

    As soon as people start swearing and yelling, I stop listening.

18. Rem
    April 13th, 2010 at 10:23 pm

    

    Meyer has the right to believe what she wishes and invest her money in whatever those beliefs are. I don’t see it as dishonorable that those of power, such as Hayne, go out of their way to make their political and religious viewpoints private. One thing I hate is celebrities, politicians, etc. waving their opinions around like a flag as if they’re more right and more important. I don’t think it’s too much to ask that we be grateful some have a little civility and aren’t forcing their viewpoints down our throats.

    I shop at Buckle despite being pansexual and polyamorous. I like the clothes, plus it’s impossible to always know the opinion of whom you’re endorsing. You could watch a series of films or buys products from a label only to find out the creator or C.E.O. is a child molester or murderer or whatever. Live the life you want. If you don’t want to support those you know you disagree with, that’s fine. I however am not one to judge. People are entitled to their opinions, and we’d be living in the woods without much of anything if we only allowed ourselves products and services from those that agreed with us. This is the real world, and unfortunately, it’s not possible to always know who feels what and why. It’s important to support our causes, but life is not that black and white. I may disagree with others, but I will never question their reasons for their views. As it’s been said, just because they support traditional male and female marriage doesn’t mean they are anti-gay.

19. Roselyn
    June 30th, 2010 at 3:11 am

    

    A lot of what people don’t understand about Mormons is that we aren’t anti-gay, we just like to follow our beliefs more seriously than others. I’m Mormon and I have tons of homosexual friends. because of my beliefs as a Christian I just don’t condone same sex marriage. It is is outrageous that people think we spend money that is donated to the church on “anti-gay” propaganda. I don’t recall seeing signs or anything of the sort stating we were so, so it is EXTREMELY unappreciative for people to assume so. As for stephen meyers, who cares what she invests her money into. Point blank it’s her money. And just so people can get their facts straight, tithing that is donated to our church goes to building churches and temples, funds the programs we run for fostered youth and needy, and helps us maintain our emergency supplies for natural disasters. Not many people remember, but the first people who helped out when Hurricane Katrina hit were the Mormons. Because of our beliefs, our members were able to help out other families with their needs because of the emergency supplies we encourage all our members to have. We also opened up our churches as safe houses and our storehouse to feed those who were in need of food. I just don’t understand why Meyers religion got thrown into this anyway. And why is it everytime somone finds out someone is mormon they always come up with the most negative things they’ve either “heard” about us or “think” they know about us? it’s frustating really..

20. Wilson
    June 30th, 2010 at 10:40 am

    

    There are very extremes in this world. Extreme conservatives, ones that are tea partiers that really don’t know enough about politics to be given a voice in the first place and the other farrrr left. Far left is the most extreme and most dangerous. They want to tear into the constitution because they think it’s irrelevant. trust me it’s just as relevant today as it was a few hundred years ago. and it is still law whether you like it or not. you want gay rights but you don’t want gun rights. which is in the constitution. you want social programs but you don’t want higher taxes for yourselves. you want more jobs but you want higher taxes for the businesses that provide those jobs. the most dangerous thing in my mind is a far left progressive in the position of power. you like change? change it and see what happens. Obama is figuring this out real fast. Gays you want to be married. Move to a state that allows it. That’s the beauty of the USA. States rights. Don’t change my state. We’re good with our low government spending and low taxes. That’s why jobs are more abundant here and people are happier. That’s also why crime is lower. I have gay friends. But never will I vote or agree on anything that imposes on my religion. Don’t Tread On Me!

21. HH
    July 1st, 2010 at 3:13 am

    

    Time Magazine: “The passage of Prop 8 was the church’s latest display of its power: individual Mormons contributed half of the proposition’s $40 million war chest despite constituting only 2% of California’s population.

    Read more: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1904146,00.html#ixzz0sQKWu57k“