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Superheroes are stepping out of the closet at DC Comics (TWX) and Disney (DIS), as recent...

  • Friday, June 1, 2012, 10:39 AM ET
    Superheroes are stepping out of the closet at DC Comics (TWX) and Disney (DIS), as recent versions of the Green Lantern and X-Men comic book series touch on the sexual preferences of major characters. Despite some organized protests over the decision, both companies expect the plot twist to help the franchises appeal to a broader audience.
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  • Dumb, dumb, dumb. Adolescents have enough trouble figuring out how to cope with the adult world without giving them an excess amount of sexual problems. Stay with the simple, clear messages.
    1 Jun 2012, 10:44 AM Reply Like
  • We're clearly culturally exhausted. Our screenwriters have no imagination and are going back into comic books to try to find something to write about. That is, something that's already been written. Then we use CGI to turn humans into comic book characters.

    It seems to me we are turning to fantasy because we don't have the moral power to face what is going on today -- and, of course, the studios want fantasy because fantasy SELLS.

    This shows how materialism beggars true culture.

    William Blake wrote: "Christianity is about Art not Money. Any man or woman who is not a poet or a painter or a musician or an architect is not a Christian. There is a perpetual war in Nature between Reason and the Imagination. And Jesus Christ is on the side of the Imagination."
    1 Jun 2012, 10:44 AM Reply Like
  • "He's someone you would want to watch over your children," Robinson told USA Today.

    Certainly the girls...
    1 Jun 2012, 10:45 AM Reply Like
  • the elite effeminate media needing to convince non believers and non deviants that this is the new normal will never stop pushing their agenda so they may feel normal when they are clearly not. But I can see a whole host of new superhomos like Roooster Boy and his/her sidekick Scrambled Egggs, sworn to protect the fast food drive thru from evil sugars and cholesterol.
    1 Jun 2012, 11:09 AM Reply Like
  • Real American culture, and not myth and superstitions sold by hard line Christians.
    1 Jun 2012, 11:25 AM Reply Like
  • REAL American culture is solidly founded on Christian/Jewish principles. Homosexuality is a sin, plain and simple. The left is obsessed with attempting to normalize wrongful behavior and the country is paying the price. Wake up
    1 Jun 2012, 11:42 AM Reply Like
  • The extreme right is obsessed with YOU paying a weekly religion tax.
    1 Jun 2012, 12:10 PM Reply Like
  • If you ever read the US Constitution there is NO words, Jesus, God, or any other religion in it.
    1 Jun 2012, 12:15 PM Reply Like
  • apparently homosexuality is the new state religion - you reap what you sow - get ready for failure
    1 Jun 2012, 11:38 AM Reply Like
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