I am so happy. There is a gay couple in canon after all.

[leslie41]

No: HPFGUIDX 178178

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Lee Kaiwen <leekaiwen at ...> wrote:
> Of *COURSE* heterosexuality is normative. We're all living, walking 
> proof of that truth. 

No, we're not.  Many gay people marry and have children. The "gay 
scandals" wracking the Republican party have at their centers married 
men with children.    

> Sex may be pleasurable, it may be fun -- but its PURPOSE is making 
> babies; therefore any sex which  *doesn't* contribute to propogation 
> of the species is ipso facto a deviation from that norm.

Leslie41:
So, are masturbators and those that use birth control "deviants"?  What 
about post-menopausal women who still enjoy sex?  Or the infertile?  

Lee Kaiwen:
> I get the impression that JKR is trying to show her 
> tolerance and support by throwing a bone to the homosexual 
> community while avoiding the hassle of actually have to write and 
> defend an openly homosexual character. I'm torn between calling that 
> clever or cowardly.

Leslie41:
And showing tolerance and support to the gay community is wrong exactly 
how?