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J.K. Rowling Reveals 'Harry Potter' Character Dumbledore Is Gay
10/20/07
I think I'll follow Rowling's advice and question authority: Children don't need any more encouragement to be gay. And, we're tolerant enough, thank you. If children's books are to have messages, the messages should encourage children to strive for a traditional family. After all, it takes no courage whatsoever to be tolerant; it only requires not caring. Which message is more counter-cultural in 2007?
Follow up:
NEW YORK — Harry Potter fans, the rumors are true: Albus Dumbledore, master wizard and Headmaster of Hogwarts, is gay.
J.K. Rowling, author of the mega-selling fantasy series that ended last summer, outed the beloved character Friday night while appearing before a full house at Carnegie Hall. After reading briefly from the final book, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," she took questions from audience members...
...Rowling, finishing a brief "Open Book Tour" of the United States, her first tour here since 2000, also said that she regarded her Potter books as a "prolonged argument for tolerance" and urged her fans to "question authority."
Not everyone likes her work, Rowling said, likely referring to Christian groups that have alleged the books promote witchcraft. Her news about Dumbledore, she said, will give them one more reason.
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