[HPforGrownups] Re: JKR messed up........ no/yes

[Kathryn Lambert]

No: HPFGUIDX 178391

Bunny <bunnyc at optusnet.com.au> wrote:          I appreciate all your comments, but those making excuses for why JK Rowling 'outed'
Dumbledore, should consider that homosexuality in many countries and to many religions, is
totally unacceptable and offensive. I've been told that the response in India, for example, has been hostile outpourings towards JKR and her books. She knows her books are read in many countries by many cultures and she has certainly enjoyed the financial benefits of this. It's too late now but if she'd kept her mouth shut, it would have been best for everyone.
Bunny
   
  ***Katie:
  So, because many people have an opinion, that makes it ok? I'm sorry, but intolorance is never acceptable, even if many people feel that way. JKR has said that she wrote these books as a story about tolorance, acceptance, and love. 
   
  That being said, I am quite certain that JKR doesn't care if intolorant people are offended by Dumbledore's being gay, anymore than she would care about people who didn't want to read the books because there's interracial dating (Harry/Cho, Dean/Ginny). JKR wanted to promote a message of love and acceptance, so if certain people can no longer accept the books and the message because Dumbledore is gay...well, I would say that is their loss, not JKR's.
   
  I, for one, while supporting gay rights, don't CARE if Dumbledore is gay or straight. It has no bearing on the story nor on his place in it. He never dated anyone in the course of the books. His whole purpose was to nurture Harry and bring down Voldemort, and he did that. His sexuality has nothing to do with anything.
   
  Katie


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