One reporter reacts to JKR's revelations

[Barbara]

> She has written a story with hidden Christian themes and symbols 
> imbedded in the story. I have been saying this since book 1. Some 
> others see it too. But many have been as upset about this as others 
> have about DD being gay. 

Personally I am not upset about with either the generic Christian
themes and symbols or with DD being gay.  I saw the Christian
symbolism right away, and was a bit surprised by the number of people
who didn't see it or didn't want to see it. Of course, I am a
Christian, so I would get it.

As far as DD being gay, I didn't see it when I was reading the books.
It does makes sense though...unmarried, lover of chamber music, and
good taste with clothes (by wizarding standards.)  I think that DD's
gayness helps of those things that may explain DD behavior, especially
his  dramatic flair. Much of what he did was a little over the top,
especially his cozy drink with the Dursleys, his escape from Fudge and
the aurors in his office, his death, and his earlier duel with
Voldemort. It is not an attribute that one usually comes out of the
closet with in a children's book though. Other authors of books often
read by older children have characters that must be gay (Hercule
Poirot and Sherlock Holmes.) Like DD,the gayness in the books is only
implied and not stated. 

Isn't it almost a stereotype for an unmarried teacher in a public
school to be gay or "sexually ambivalent? "(the later is a phrase used
by Peter Wimsey when discussing the faculty of a woman's college. This
is why I can't get to upset about DD.  It seems real or meshes what is
often true in our world.