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

[Mrs. Lee Storm]

[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".

[Lee again]:
Yes, you've got that right.  But, yes, I am disgusted at that
characterization for Dumbledore.

IMHO, for someone so interested in putting forth Christian themes as per the
article referenced yesterday, having Dumbledore as a homosexual flies in the
face of this.  Again, this is just the way I feel, and the way I see how the
Bible treats homosexuality.  God loves the sinner, but hates the sin.

I apologize if I've offended anyone here; that isn't my intent.  But I have
to be honest about how I feel.

Peace,

Lee