For those of you who don't know, Albus Dumbledore was Harry Potter's school master, until he was killed off in the 6th book.
Now, I know Potter has been getting a lot of negative attention from Christian groups for promoting witchcraft and more truthfully for promoting tolerance. Now that JK Rowling said it herself, a great character is gay, will you be burning your children's Harry Potter books?
2007-10-19 19:33:11 · 32 answers · asked by some female 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071020/ap_on_en_ot/books_harry_potter
2007-10-19 19:37:11 · update #1
I think they all seem gay.
2007-10-19 19:40:58 · answer #1 · answered by bongobeat25 5 · 4⤊ 3⤋
No I won't of course I won't burning something won't make it go away will it. There are millions of ways to say that you don't agree with a book. Burning it means nothing we don't live in The Middle Ages.
I don't agree with J.K. Rowling about provoking christians (she said so) through proving that Albus is gay. She needs attention and she is afraid that she will be forgotten and Harry Potter books will be still famous.
It is a stupid thing to do since she just wants to show off that she can control the publicity! Why did she do that ? I mean wasn't Albus and McGonagall be together??? Omg she totally ruined it. She had every right to do so during the books althhough it would be totally unacceptable from parents but telling so after the book has finished???? IS THAT PATHETIC OR WHAT? Sry J.K. Rowling but it is the truth and if people can't see that I am sorry for them. It defenately shows that being gay doesn't mean anything and I believe that but the way she showed it totally ruined the meaning.To J.K I think you ruined the aspect of McGonagall and Dumbledore in which so many people believed in and you also ruined the Magical world you created for me and for so much other other people which used to include a couple against what everyone expected and by that I don't mean Albus and Grindewald but Albus and Minerva.
2007-10-20 02:40:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
One I hate the idea of burning books. And two I don't really get why everyone has to freak out about this. It's not as if your children are reading Dumbledore and his lover getting it on or something. She told everyone this after the books were done. It's no where in the text. And I am Christian, but that's the only part of this religion that bothers me. And I question God all the time about it. Why can't we love who we want.
2007-10-21 02:21:01 · answer #3 · answered by Zane Snape 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No, just as we won't boycott, but rather continue to promote the recently released movie called the "End of the Spear", based on the true story of the pilot, Nate Saint, and the return trip of Saint's son attempting to reach the natives of Ecuador for the gospel of Jesus Christ. The one who played both Nate and the son later on, Chad Allen, has identified himself as being gay.
In other words, it's not the characters' personal lives that we are so concerned about regarding the story, especially if they do such a good job of acting, like he did! No, rather, it's the message, and how it is promoted.
2007-10-20 09:19:50 · answer #4 · answered by Tom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Book burning has a very scary connotation to me. Have you seen "Fahrenheit 451"?
I see no reason why a wise old man couldn't turn out to be gay. Gay people are really not that different from the rest of us. They have a slightly different perspective with regard to certain aspects of personal relations, but they have all the variation of the rest of us with regard to other factors of life. It may (possibly) be true that some other characteristics correlate with being gay, such as a heightened sensitivity or creativity, perhaps a better sense of humor. But I can't think of anything of significance to the character of Dumbledore.
Actually, I'm very glad that (a) she didn't make it obvious in the books, and (b) she told the public now, after the entire series is complete. As was mentioned in the news article, much of the Potter series is about tolerance.
2007-10-19 19:47:41 · answer #5 · answered by auntb93 7 · 6⤊ 2⤋
I am disappointed, but not for the news. She did this for media coverage and to get pro-gay people to buy her stuff. Before her announcement, most pro-gays banned her stuff. Now with this little "revelation" she gets more $$$, $$$, $$$.
If you think aobut it this way, the series is over, she plans to write no more novels, etc. then it makes the most sense.
It changes nothing and matters nothing in HP stories. It does nothing for her loyal fans (except she might lose a few), but now everyone is talking about her again.
2007-10-20 07:15:37 · answer #6 · answered by Too Curious 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Of course not, it is not Dumbledore's fault to be gay as same as all the other gays out there. I'll continue supporting them. I spent a lot of money for those books and I would never dare burn them.
2007-10-20 12:44:59 · answer #7 · answered by ashley 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-11-09 00:00:46 · answer #8 · answered by hohl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thank God that absolutely *no* Harry Potter book has *ever* been brought into my house! Harry Potter books are only "good" for portraying witchcraft in a favorable light or for promoting tolerance for *any* belief except Christianity! J. K. Rowling has done more harm to the children of the world than even Algore! And that's saying something!
2007-10-19 20:00:04 · answer #9 · answered by trebor namyl hcaeb 6 · 3⤊ 5⤋
That fact is never mention in any of the books.
It is the author's personal thoughts.
They are fiction books.
And if you don't want Dumbledore to be gay, then read it that way. If you want something outside of the books to be, then so be it, its your reading.
2007-10-21 12:06:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very sad that she would do something like that for publicity. If it wasn't part of the story line why would she make such a comment after a book was finished? If I was gay (which I am not) I would be offended that she used that angle for publicity to offend people. Very sad.
2007-10-20 02:53:00 · answer #11 · answered by Tink 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋