Homosexuality/Dumbledore/Christianity theme

[Katie]

Well, I for one, am also upset she has "outed" Dumbledore, but 
certainly not for some of the reasons cited already.

I am the daughter of a gay man, a wonderful, genuine, funny, heroic, 
and loving gay man of whom I am very proud. I am a gay rights 
advocate and someone who believes hate is ALWAYS wrong, whether it 
has to do with gender, sexuality, race, or any other reason. I teach 
my children that we are all human and all equal, regardless of race, 
sexuality, intelligence, or any other God-given attribute. 

I am disappointed that JKR wasn't brave enough to make DD gay in 
canon. She's backpedaling and trying to make herself much more of an 
innovator than she is. Just saying that he was gay doesn't make it 
true. There is no evidence in the books for it, and it makes me 
disappointed in her that she couldn't be brave enough to say that he 
was gay and that was ok, and make the kids accepting of that.

Of course, this just goes along with the other bigotry themes in the 
books, like House Elves and half-breeds, that, IMO, went absolutely 
no where. She introduced all these important issues and then dropped 
them like a hot potato so Harry could settle down and have babies...

I do have to say, however, that JKR's Christianity, being accepting 
and loving and tolerant of everyone, is my kind of Christianity. I 
was very upset to hear that she had purposefully inserted a Christian 
theme in the books, but I now see that she meant true Christianity. 
The loving, forgiving, real kind. The kind they teach at my church. 
Somehow, DD being gay makes the Christian theme more palatable to me. 
Of course, there's still the problem of her not actually writing the 
gay character into the book...but I think her heart is probably in 
the right place. KATIE