Very good point, Andrew. Nice to see one reflecting some reality, finally.
Meissa: if you caught my previous comments. I am talking about the innocence of children. How fast do you want to grow up? I believe Bill (above) sums it up even better.
Honestly it doesn’t matter. It simply adds another dimension to the story, it’s not explicit in the story and the rubbish going on about did he come on to Harry and stuff – you people are the sick ones. Not only are there NO clues about it but being gay diesn’t make him a paedophile! Before you knew he was gay did you think he had unnatural thoughts for Hermione, or Tonks? Storm in a teacup. It doesn’t change Dumbledore or the stories for children. Sexuality isn’t a theme in them! For crying out loud perhaps that’s why she never mentioned it before – because it’s well IRRELEVANT!
“There is nothing more “open-minded” about believing homosexuality is completely normal and natural than believing it is unnatural and sinful. One statement is just more fashionable.”
I don’t know about you, Andrew, but I decide my ethics by inward searching and reading and debating and thinking, not by checking out what the papers say is “in.” I have a feeling Jo does the same…
Hey Bill.
I had a strong male role model while I grew up: my Dad. He was there from the moment I was born and is still here now. I also have a mom. I also live in a rural southern area in the Bible Belt in a conservative Baptist family and led a pretty sheltered life. I drive a truck, wear ball caps, listen to heavy metal, and have alot of straight friends. And I’m gay. So what’s your theory about me?
Bill, I’ve had a, as you all it, “strong father figure” all my life. My father was heterosexual, my mother was heterosexual, my brother was heterosexual, my sister was heterosexual and married a heterosexual man. Funny thing is, I happen to be homosexual, even though I had all these heterosexual influences in my life!
Which is it, Candy, is gay “okay,” as you said, or is it “atypical,” “peculiar,” “off-center,” a “proclivity,” something someone does when they’ve “drifted”? If you really think it’s okay, then you might want to stick with that instead of agreeing with Bill’s homophobic statements.
And I believe that gay children and straight children and purple children and left-handed children and children who like grape jelly instead of strawberry jelly all deserve to be innocent of bigotry.
You’re right kezzabear, it is irrelevant! And unnessesary. Thats my point, she didn’t need to tell us.
Cheers to Candy too. The innocence of children is the most precious thing, and the basis of every healthy personality. And unfortunately it IS fashionable to have this pro-gay attitude now, and of course no one would like to be told this, and can find a hundred reasons to justify themselves.
“That’s why Rowling’s “lesson” of “tolerance” for the series is a false one. THAT, rather than discovering Dumbledore’s sexual orientation is what’s disappointing about her. Posted by Andrew Cahill on October 21, 2007 @ 07:28 AM “
So… Rowling SHOULDNT have said DD was gay?
I was totally at the Starbucks down the street from Carnegie Hall when Jo announced this. We received a text message from someone inside and our whole group burst out in cheers. I really think this is going to be good for gay rights. This is one of the world’s most popular and widely read books. I am really happy for this huge news and can’t wait to see how this will affect the gay community.
PS: Edward, I see that you are running leaky again. LOL!
I am not here for a gay is okay/not okay debate. I am talking about Bill first comments about children. JK has now made it necessary for me to explain what being gay is to my six year old. Do you think thats okay?
“I am not here for a gay is okay/not okay debate. I am talking about Bill first comments about children. JK has now made it necessary for me to explain what being gay is to my six year old. Do you think thats okay?”
And would you rather exterminate gays?
Dear Andrew and Bill,
I have followed the “gay is a choice” debate for a couple of years now, and have learned that there is increasing evidence that being gay is not a choice, but something that is genetic (difference in brain activity/structure). And that there are homosexual beings in the natural world (i.e. among other animals)as well. Being gay’s got nothing to do with being fashionable, but with who you are.
Therefore I do not consider being gay a sick abnormality, as I do not consider me being left-handed something odd. Although it made life a little harder for me, living in a world with mostly right-handed pens and scissors.
The reason I think Jo was brave to bring it up in New York, is that she must be aware of the public reactions she would receive after her statement—and some of them could be very negative. Saying something which goes against the general opinion in a country, but what you think is right (I’m from Holland and always hear that a lot of people in the USA are against homosexuality), is a brave thing to do. It’s not easy knowing the consequences.
And Bill… my mom recently discovered that she is bisexual. It is true that this meant a big change in thinking for me, as I always thought of her as straight. I still feel a little uneasy about it, because it does change the way I interpret things about her. And because it’s not something I can completely comprehend, being straight myself. It’s not always easy to accept that. But I’m working on it, and I hope she will be happy with whomever she creates a relationship with.
Um – Candy? Isn’t that what Harry Potter fans have been doing for years? Reading between te lines, looking for clues … ? ;-)