What is so wrong with homosexuality?

Question

I'm sure many of you have heard that J.K. Rowling recently outed beloved character Albus Dumbledore as gay and now many people are criticizing her for tainting the series. What is so "evil" about homosexuality that many people now despise the entire series?

Answer 1

I think because people think of sexual orientation as an "adult" topic. Even though it really isn't, it's still viewed that way. And with her putting in something so "adult", she might as well have put Hermione getting raped by Voldemort (which apparently happened in some of the early fake versions). Simple overreaction.

Personally, I think I am a little upset, but not over the seemingly obvious reason. Some people have asked if it makes a difference if he was black instead (barring the light blue eyes). Yes, there would be a difference.

I don't think it's as much of an issue that Dumbledore is "gay" so much as how people's views are shaken. People view Dumbledore as a parental figure, a kind person with a presence of authority who truly cared about Harry. Thinking about him in a romantic involvement is alien, foreign, regardless of whether the involvement includes two men or a man and a women.

It's kind of the same way a child realizes for the first time, when sex is considered gross, that their parents had sex in order to have him/her. It's surprising, disturbing, wierd. You don't think of your parents as separate entities. They are merely "your parents" and you know everything about them. You've got them down. And then you find out you don't, and it shakes you.

Now if Dumbledore were black, it would merely change how I saw him in my mind's eye, his appearance and nothing more. Him being gay would change my view of him, because it would change bits of his character and how he sees the world. In America, it is possible that being black means being part of the black culture, but I haven't really seen that in England so much. Whereas the gay community is just that- a community, a culture of its very own. There are certain mindsets and ideas that come with such communities. Dumbledore's character would be (slightly) different then I imagined it, not just appearance.

People are just upset that their views are shaken.

Answer 2

What's wrong with it is it has no place in children's literature AFTER the fact.

If JK Rowling wanted Dumbledore gay, she should have made him gay in Book 1.

Not after she became a billionaire. Not after the series had ended. Not after 5 movies were made. Not after people had fallen in like with the characters.

It was just so hypocritical of her to bring Dumbledore out of the closet as an afterthought and to push her own political agenda.

Answer 3

Homophobia is what your reffering to. It has been around forever and a day. It use to be all kept in the closet, and as time changed so did sexuality. Today it's out in the open and more accepitable. Although i think they go to far with it today. The Bible is against it. But my thought's are this. Is it the sin that is going to keep you from entering heaven? Or will it be one of the others. Living together as man and worman, or woman and woman, or man and man ,if your not married ,is also a sin. a sin is a sin so which one will be the one that does you in? I don't believe it's up to us to make that call. And i don't believe it should be shoved down everyone's throat either. If it's you life style fine, we are all accountable for our actions. Some people choose that life style while others i believe are born with that orientation. God has stated his view on it, let's let him be the judge. Homosexuals don't need the gay parades, nor do they need all the national attention to let us know that there are homosexuals. Life is to short to worry about whom is sleeping with whom. Show love and respect towards each other and the world will be alot better place in which we can all live in harmony. Don't you agree?

Answer 4

I don't know, it's really the opinion of people. Some people are so closed minded that they think if you don't fit in as normal than you are evil. Make them no better than Hitler if you ask me. You know what I don't even like Harry Potter but I will pick up those books and read them now that I've learn Dumbledore is gay. They think that gay people will bit there nasty big head or something.

You know back in Roman time things like sexuality identity did not exist and men can be with men if they so choose, women can too but they were look down upon sorta since women never really...no never mind another topic. Back to this one, sex were big to these people. To me they are more evolve than people of today's world.

Answer 5

There is nothing evil about homosexuality, and frankly, as one of the most prominent themes of the story is tolerance and understanding battling intolerance and oppression, I find it ironic that many who once loved the series now despise it because they are unwilling to tolerate this aspect of Dumbledore's character.

I have seen a lot of people sighting religious reasons. This has always struck me as a bit of a cop-out though, as, if you are taking the books on face value, there is a lot more to get religiously up in arms about than one secondary character's sexual preference. To each their own, however.

Answer 6

Sadly, There are homophobes out there.
Some people feel as though the world should be one way, And with that "Men should like Women" and Vice Versa.
But Really, It isn;t like that.
Everyone found Dumdledore to Be a caring, Normal man.
And now that his Sexuallity suddenly be found, Some May see it as absurd.
Because Dumbledore as a person, Is completely different than one may portray him.

Answer 7

I guess it's against some peoples religious views or something. I really don't care. I think a lot of people are being pathetic and blowing this WAY out of proportion. I don't see how you can despise the whole series for something that isn't even in the books. I will never understand that.

Answer 8

Some of it is denial. Some of it is due to their beliefs. I think a lot comes from some dislike of JKR because of the popularity of the books and if leads them to ascribe this revelation to a political agenda or need for yet more publicity.

I don't think that JKR has an agenda, or is seeking more publicity. I think it speaks to the popularity of the series and the amount of emotional energy that fans have put into the books, that it became a big story.

According to the story I read, she had told the writer of the screenplay for HBP that Dumbledore was gay because there was mention of a female love interest in the screenplay and she had to set them right. Having done that, she might as well have made it public, since it would have eventually come out anyway--she could control when and how it was done. and in any case, this story came out because she was directly asked if Dumbledore loved anyone.

Throughout the series, we know Dumbledore as a tireless and seemingly single-minded fighter against Dark Wizards (at least from Harry's perspective; we do have to remember that Albus is also a great teacher, an alchemist, and important theoretical Wizard--remember the tools and instruments he made himself). But how did Albus become that way?

We learn much about this in DH, with Arianna's story, Aberforth's story and the story of the friendship between Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald. In reading DH, it was clear that Grindelwald seduced Dumbledore on a number of levels; intellectually, ideologically, and, by JKR's new revelation, emotionally. We don't know if that seduction was sexual as well, and I'm not sure it is important for us to know.

The revelation completes the picture for us of a man who felt betrayed, injured by one he loved, ashamed at how far he went from rational thought and behavior, how far he really was from what he thought he was.

The up shot is that we now know more completely Dumbledore's motivations for fighting Dark Wizards--his shame at his own tangential contribution to Grindelwald's career, his reluctance to fight him, and, when Voldemort rose, his determination to not to repeat his prior mistake of inaction and to fight Voldemort from the start.

So in summery, It was part of the way JKR viewed Dumbledore and understood him. I don't think it was something that would have come out voluntarily--more likely something that would have made a scholarly article 50 or 60 years from now after she was gone and literary scholar had access to her full notes (assuming she left them to be investigated).

BTW, there is some inkling of this in DH, where Rita Skeeter talks about devoting a chapter in her book about Dumbledore to the Dumbledore/Harry relationship. This is not to say that there was anything improper--but that JKR did put out a hint.

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http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/books/10...

Answer 9

Absolutely nothing. I have nothing against homosexuals. People need to grow up and realize that however how much they hate something its not going to make it go away

Answer 10

God doesn't like it.