God, I Love Rumors...

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No: HPFGUIDX 24113

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., banjoken at o... wrote:
> I'm really sorry to do this, but I cannot in good concience let it 
> go. I'll save the homophobia bit for now, and get on with the main 
> point. First it was an obvious joke, and I'm sure it was intended 
as 
> such. Second, and I think most important, HP is just a story. It's 
a 
> marvelous one, and it's certianly worthy of the serious discussion 
it 
> gets here, but in the end, it's only fiction.  
> 
> I really wanted to stay out of the homophobia, but there's just one 
> comment I have to make.
> 
> >Still, I'll be damned if I'd ever
> > put something in front of my kid that validates that kind of 
> >lifestyle and tries to portray it as normal.
> 
> How is this attitude any different from the attitude the Dursely's 
> have about magic? What makes one "abnormality" (magic) acceptable 
and another disgusting?  
> 
> Ken


Folks, the third best selling author of all time has a responsibility 
to the tens of millions of children who are her readership, as well 
as to the parents that buy the books.  Magic, as far as anyone can 
tell, is not real.  Homosexuality is, and has been around forever.  
It has also been spurned, attacked and whatever else for forever.  If 
JKR validates it by engaging two of the favorite male characters in a 
tryst, she is doing more than putting it on the level of magical 
fantasy.  She is telling impressionable kids its okay, a judgement 
that should be reserved to their parents, atleast until they are old 
enough to manke a judgement for themselves.