[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Rowling says Dumbledore is gay

[Random832]

Steve wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Mrs. Lee Storm" <n2fgc at ...>
> wrote:
>> [bzbbaba]
>> | I read in my paper today that JKR "outed" Dumbledore last night 
>> | (10/19/07) at Carnegie Hall.  ... 'Dumbledore is gay,' the 
>> |author responded to gasps and applause.  She then explained 
>> | that Dumbledore was smitten with rival Gellert Grindelwald...
>>
>> [Lee]:
>> I'm disgusted!  And I can safely say that conservative fans will
>> no doubt bee put off about this.  ... Celibacy would be preferable.
>>
>> If you think Christians are banning HP now, wait until this news
>> circulates more widely.
>>
>> Lee :(
> 
> bboyminn:
> 
> I'm not sure, Lee, whether you are projecting your own feelings or 
> what you assume the feelings of others will be;

Random832:
I got the impression that her statement of her own disgust was not at 
Dumbledore being gay *per se*, but rather (you snipped this) that it 
seems like JKR was just going down a checklist "hmm, need a character to 
be gay, who can it be?", and that it (or, rather, _any_ kind of 
relationship) doesn't, in her opinion, fit Dumbledore at all.

I.e. sacrificing coherent characterization for "political correctness".