Rowling Says Dumbledore Is Gay

If JK had kept the fact the Dumbledore was gay to herself, she would have been dishonouring his character! Also she would have been telling the world she is against gay people by not having any in her books. Her characters are a reflection of society. Look around you people! Tell me you don't know any gay people? I think you love who you love. It does not matter what sex parts they have. Sure many people may be attracted to one sex more then the other, but who are you to judge people who arnt?. I say live and let live! Harry's greatest power was his power to love! remember! how would Dumbledore know that if he hadnt experienced it. I am glad he experienced love.

I have a very strong belief in the Bible as being the Word of God, and what is written there plainly condemns what the world calls "gay" behavior. I do not hate "gays", but I do deplore their lifestyle. More than this, I wince every time I see some "celebrity" hail it as "normal" or even "ok" since young people seem to use people like that as examples in their lives. I have read all the HP books and enjoyed them very much. To me, they are similar to the fairy tales and mythology I enjoyed as a child. Many of the characters in those old stories behaved foolishly or even wrongly, but that didn't cause me to want to emulate them. I hope that each person, child or adult, who reads Rowling's writings or comments will think for himself or herself and not base lifestyle choices on what is popular, but on what is right.

Science is not perfect. That's the point. It changes as new evidence surfaces. Whereas religion is static, and doesn't bend. I don't have problem with faith or religion. The problem comes when it's imposed on everyone and it's suggested or insinuated that people with faith have better morals and values than those without. That is a lie. In my experience, people with faith are the most untrustworthy and untrusting people I know. Every good deed they do, every bad thing they don't do, has a motive behind it. To get into heaven. Where as those of us who don't believe in a higher power do and don't do those things because WE WANT TO. We don't have a motive other than doing what is right. I have a problem with people thinking because we don't believe in god, we don't have a sense of what's right and wrong. Ethics. I know what's right and what's wrong, and it may or may not match what you think is right and wrong. But like I said, when I do somehting, it's not with the motive of something better happening to me when I die. To say athiests are immoral and have no ethics is just plain ignorant.

What would you do differently in your life if you knew, 100%, that there was no higher power? That these 80 years you have on the planet is all you get. How would my life change if I knew 100% there was a higher power? It would change dramatically. I'd second guess everything I wanted to do, thinking about how god would feel about it, or if it were a sin. That's no way to live.

In my opinion, god is the original boogieman story, told to little children to try to make them behave and listen to their parents. The problem is, we never grew out of it.

But again, I have strayed from the topic. A writer writes a complete background of all of their main characters so they know how the character will behave in any given situation. JK knew Dumbledore was gay from the start. If she wanted it to be used to help sell her already top selling books, she would've done done that from book 1. Get over it. Dumbledore always did what was best for others over himself. What better example of a human can we ask for? During your reading of the books, was he ever doing a reach around on Snape, or trying to trick Harry into his quarters where he can seduce the poor young lad? No. You have Dumbledore confused with a bishop. I know, it's the hat that confuses you. It's ok. The main point it, Dumbledore IS NOT REAL!! He is a fictional character. Does it matter if he's gay? No.

Ace

You know, JK, if you would have revealed this little tidbit earlier I really wonder how many schools would support you? Or any other church going family in this country?! Jeez-you just stepped in it big time!!! Good luck selling any more books in this area! Shame on you, I thought you were a church-goer.....

Ok, so what if Dumbledore is gay. Does it make him any less heroic? No, it doesn't. I'm sick of holy rollers pretending that gay people don't exist. They exist and they are people with feelings just like everybody else. Get over it, homophobes! Dumbledore is a gay man and a great hero. He is a great moral figure and my personal favorite adult character in the series. You people need to come to terms with the fact that you can't catch gay. You either are or you aren't. Deal with it.

I have read many posts on many websites on this issue. I never read the books for other reasons so this revelation doesn't make dislike them anymore than I did before. But one thing did stand out to me. For all the tolerance and love and acceptance people talk about who support the gay lifestyle they do not seem to extend that to Christians who disagree with them. I am a Christian and I do believe the Bible says that the gay lifestyle is wrong. But I would never ever ever treat someone who is gay with hatred, unkindness, or rudeness that I have seen aimed at Christians on all these blogs. I would never make fun of what they believe, call them stupid, or bigots, or any other name. Because that is against my faith too. I will always, always respect and be kind to people (no matter who they are) because God made them and loves them. So why don't we all stop treating each other so poorly. So I disagree with you, that is no reason to put down me and people who believe the way I do for believing what we believe. FYI- I do acknowledge that some Christians can be just as hateful when it comes to this issue. But trust me, there are many more who are not. You just don't see them in the media because they are to busy helping people in need rather than screaming and fighting with people.

Let us be clear about something--every human being has some level of prejudice in his/her thoughts. It is only human to want to "hang out" with some and avoid others like the plague. Prejudice in its simplest form doesn't necessarily mean it is a bad thing. All it means is that one chooses to accept certain aspects of a person???s or group???s characteristics and rejecting others. But in this case, people who no longer accept Dumbledore as a great character due to Rowling's "outing" of him is silly. Does her admission change the fact that he is an intellectual giant and a very powerful wizard? Of course not! However, on another level, just because Dumbledore was gay in Rowling's mind doesn't mean that all readers will accept it. Why? Because his sexual orientation was never mentioned or written in the actual series, where it really counts. Rowling knew better than that, since it would've most likely ended the gravy train that the Potter series represented to her bank account. All in all, once again, just because Rowling states that he is gay doesn???t mean that readers will accept it. I once heard that Dracula was meant to be a gay character (a masculine creature sucking on the neck of men), but who today thinks that it is true?

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dumbledores gay!!!!! of course it matters!!! IVE LOST ALL RESPECT FOR HIM!!!