Last season when actor Luke Grimes joined the cast of HBO’s True Blood, he did so under the premise that his actor was heterosexual. After all, the character he played, James Kent, was trying to sweep a female vampire character off her feet and begin a relationship. But, as production of the show continued, Grimes found out something about his character that made him uncomfortable and chose to resign from the hit show because of it.

The writers of the show made a sexual orientation change in Grimes’ character. They were going to have him begin a bisexual relationship with a gay character, Lafayette, played by Nelsan Ellis.

Grimes, the son of a Pentecostal pastor, was raised a devout Christian. Based upon his beliefs, he did not feel comfortable playing the role of a bisexual character. So, he went to the production company and asked to be let out of his contract.

While the production company agreed to do so, his move has been met with harsh criticism and threats that his career will be ruined. Some argued that Grimes should have known there was a possibility that his character would turn bisexual, even though there was no evidence of that when the role was discussed, because True Blood has homosexual characters and the creator of the show, Alan Ball, is openly gay.

While Grimes had no problem with Nelsan’s character of Lafayette being attracted to his character, he would not submit to any same-sex kissing or same-sex sex scenes. The writers would not alter the direction of his role and were intent on Grime’s character becoming bisexual and entering into a gay relationship with a homosexual character.

These creative differences in the development of his character led Grimes to make the decision to leave the show. That decision has made him a target of critics who believe actors should play whatever role they are given, whether gay or straight. He was replaced by Nathan Parsons.

The associate editor for the homosexual focused OUT Magazine, Stacy Lambe, said, “It’s unfortunate that an actor today would feel uncomfortable play gay, especially on a program that has always put LGBT characters from and center. But Nelsan Ellis and Nathan Parsons are proof that Luke Grimes is not the norm. Grimes is the exception.”

So, because two actors have no problem playing homosexuals, it makes the devout Christian who does have a problem with it an outcast, according to Lambe. It should be noted that a recent government survey found that only 1.6% of the population identify as homosexual.

Nelsan commented, “You quit your job because you don’t want to play a gay part? You make a big statement when you go, ‘I don’t want to play this part

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because it’s gay. You just made a statement, and it has ripple effects.”

In other words, Christians are not allowed to make choices in which roles they’ll play or which scenes they will do if that choice goes against the progressive homosexual agenda push. Nelsan and Lambe may as well have said to Grimes, “Check your beliefs and principles at the door. Do as you are told, even if it means it goes against your personal beliefs.”

Should Grimes have no choice in the matter of whether he will play a homosexual or bisexual role?  To some, he should not and doing so should have negative consequences. Going against the progressive agenda and refusing to participate in homosexual sex scenes will and should impact his career, according to a professor specializing in LGBT and TV issues at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. This professor, Larry Gross, said that the unwillingness to participate in homosexual sex scenes is a bad career move that could negatively impact ones’ career. He added that refusing to play a bisexual role, even if that includes same-sex kissing and same-sex sexual encounters, is not a good career move.

So much for the Left’s support for choice.