Ahh That's good, the fair trade food movement has its benefits, and I agree that it's worth it to pay a little extra to support the kinds of business practices you want to see continue and thrive into the future.SanguiniusMagnificum said:Snip
As for separating an artist from his work, in most cases I would agree, I can appreciate Wagner's operas separate from his Nazi sympathies, and I can read lovecraft while ignoring his racist tendencies, I can even appreciate the philosophy of Thomas Jefferson, despite his letters to Europe detailing why the black man needs to be enslaved in order to be civilized.
The difference here, is that Card is alive, and directly admits that he puts profits from his books and works towards a number of anti-gay organizations in America. I don't just mean gay marriage either, he has directly served on the board of directors for an organization that encouraged and funded camps designed to "reform" gay children. The same camps that have disastrously high suicide rates in its participants, and operating on a thoroughly faulty methodology. Why would a gay rights advocate want to give money to a work that directly funds a man that wants to deny them one of the central goals of the gay rights movement in the U.S.
Like I said, I can appreciate Wagner's operas despite his beliefs, but I would be far less likely to buy his music if I had to make a small donation to a neo-Nazi group in order to do so.