Ender’s Game author Orson Scott Card has a new view on the gay marriage debate, he announced in a message on Monday.

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Card has been under fire in recent months as the book to film adaptation of his science fiction novel is nearing its November release. In a statement to Entertainment Weekly, the author says that his stance is now “moot” due to the Supreme Court ruling last month in which DOMA was struck down.

His full statement on gay marriage issued July 8, 2013 reads:

‘Ender’s Game’ is set more than a century in the future and has nothing to do with political issues that did not exist when the book was written in 1984. With the recent Supreme Court ruling, the gay marriage issue becomes moot. The Full Faith and Credit clause of the Constitution will, sooner or later, give legal force in every state to any marriage contract recognized by any other state. Now it will be interesting to see whether the victorious proponents of gay marriage will show tolerance toward those who disagreed with them when the issue was still in dispute.

Not only does Card say that he accepts that the United States is changing to recognize gay couples, the author is encouraging those who are pro-gay marriage to respect the views of those who were against the idea.

Skeptics of Card pointed out that the author is not scheduled to appear at the Ender’s Game panel at San Diego Comic-Con next week with the rest of the cast and crew. Some thought that this decision was due to his strong views on gay marriage, and this was the reason the studio wanted to keep him separated from promotion.

Card had been vocal about his stance against gay marriage as recently as 2008 when he wrote a piece on a Mormon website in which he decried abortions, same-sex marriage, and schools teaching that gay relationships are “normal.”

Thanks, EW.