Christian group demands boycott of 'Thor: Love and Thunder' to 'push the LGBTQ agenda'

'Thor: Love and Thunder' contains too much love, according to Christian group One Million Moms.

Also known as OMM, the organization has launched campaigns to boycott 'Thor: Love and Thunder' due to its "blatant LGBTQ content".

"A Million Moms Needs Your Help To Make Sure As Many People As Possible Are Aware That Marvel Studios Is Pushing The LGBTQ Agenda On Families In Their New Superhero Movie" says the publisher. "Rated PG-13, 'Thor: Love and Thunder' features plenty of LGBTQ innuendo and an abundance of understatements, but a few scenes aren't understated at all."

The OMM website lists the film's queer themes as such:

"The extraterrestrial character named Korg mentions having two fathers, and he has sex with another member of his species."

"The bisexual goddess, King Valkyrie, kisses the hand of another woman to show his interest."

"Asgardian child insists on having a gender-neutral name."

"And the gay romantic tension between Thor and Star-Lord is apparent but played as a gag."

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OMM previously boycotted “Toy Story 4” and the live-action “Beauty and the Beast” for having LGBTQ+ characters. Fellow Marvel movie "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" and Disney animated movie "Lightyear" have both been banned in Saudi Arabia for queer stories.

"Thor: Love and Thunder" star Tessa Thompson, who plays Valkyrie in the franchise, previously told Yahoo! Entertainment depicting Valkyrie's bisexuality was a "big talking point" with writer/director Taika Waititi.

"I feel really good, personally, about where we've come to. I hope this is a character that fans continue to connect with, that we have plenty of time to explore. , in all of her humanity," Thompson said, referring to the Marvel character's origins. "But whether or not she finds love in this movie doesn't mean she's not still a fabulous queer character who is open to finding love when it makes sense."

Thompson added, "I think there's rightly a real desire from the public to see very clearly gay or LGBTQIA+ characters in these spaces. And I think it's extremely important to have representation. And also as humans, I think we're not defined by our sexuality, and by who we love, and so sometimes I think to completely hang a narrative on that is a way to really diminish the humanity of the character. .Because you don't allow them to be anything else."

Co-star Natalie Portman said the film was ""at the London premiere.

Oscar winner Waititi exclusively tells IndieWire that sexuality in Marvel movies shouldn't shock viewers.

"It's the idea that these things are, in a Marvel movie, in a mainstream movie that young gay people will see," Waititi explained. “They're going to watch this movie and be like, oh, this is a Thor movie about a heterosexual, very Aryan Viking space, but there are other characters in there and it's normalized. No one bats an eyelid and there's no monologue about it. No one ever gets up and says "It's OK!" It's just it OK. I think it's very important."

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