Harry Potter is a CHILDREN'S BOOK re: rape sexual preference

[eileenh28]

No: HPFGUIDX 79580

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Kathryn Cawte" <kcawte at b...> 
wrote:
>  
>  Fred Uloth said -
>  
> Now I'd like to say that *nobody* in the Harry Potter books is gay. 
> Rest assured that they are all celibate until we are told 
> otherwise. 
> 
> Me (K) -
> 
<snip>
> 
> And as for the idea that some people have suggested that putting a
> gay Character in the books would somehow be wrong because they're  
> children's books, I am always astonished when I come up against this
> level of prejudice and stupidity. 

Whee, my first (non-eaten) post!

I would like to agree with Kathryn 100%. I would also like to add 
that I'm a bit confused as to why a gay character in a "Children's 
Book" is inappropriate, but multiple murders, assaults and *tortures* 
are just hunky-dory for the kidlets to read about.

Can some of those who have strongly objected to any speculation upon 
HP characters' sexuality clear this up for me?  Why is violence 
*better* than sex? Especially when the violence is actually 
portrayed, and the sex stuff is just idle speculation?

Eileen 
Who thinks Severus was in love with *James* Potter way back in the 
day.