Secrets of Wizard Baptism?(Was: In defense of DD - Even Longer/Sirius and DD)

[kiricat4001]

No: HPFGUIDX 158698

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214" 
<dumbledore11214 at ...> wrote:
 
> Alla:
> 
> Maybe because Sirius never relinguished his duties as a guardian 
and
> DD decided that maybe he should be allowed to do this small thing,
> maybe he knew that he made a huge mistake that night and wanted to
> clear his conscience a little bit,regardless of the fact
> that Petunia and Vernon are indeed Harry's guardians too?
> 
> Sirius says that he was appointed guardian, to me that ends the
> inquiry.
> 
> 
> Tonks:
> 
> > I wish JKR would explain all of this to us, as to just what roll
> > does Sirius have?
> 
> Alla:
> 
> She did IMO, by saying that Sirius was chosen a guardian.

Marianne:

I support Tonks' question. The debates and questions regarding the 
roles, permissions or legal rights of guardians and/or godparents in 
the WW have fallen back on whatever we know from our own world.  We 
can make assumptions about just how much legal authority a godparent 
or a guardian have, but we're still flying blind.  It certainly 
seems that, since Sirius has been designated in canon as both 
godfather and guardian, that these are two seperate roles.  Sirius 
tells Harry that he is Harry's guardian in PoA, in prelude to 
offering Harry a home.  It would seem from this that a guardian has 
more legal rights to provide for a child than a godparent does. 

I can't help but wonder if we will learn something more about the 
rite of baptism and the appointment of guardians in the WW in Book 
7. In two different interviews JKR shied away from discussing 
Harry's baptism in depth, only to say that only James, Lily and 
Sirius were there. (And a minister/priest/holy wizard?) I believe it 
was in the TLC/Mugglenet interview where she said something like "I 
can't tell you any more about this."  What was it about this rite 
that couldn't be more fully explained?

Marianne, suffering from a chronic lack of time