Dumbledore is gay - Evangelists in uproar!

[annavc]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles /news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=490261&in_p age_id=1811

Apparently reading Harry Potter books is now not only going to turn every one into a devil worshipping heathen it's going to make them gay too. I usually avoid the daily mail but I've seen this elsewhere too and with the little knowledge I already have about the evangelical right wing in America it doesn't surprise me at all.

Do you think these groups really truely believe that reading a book can make someone homosexual? I just can't get my head round it!

[BBWCHATT]

Theland - you could just have everyone else add you to their friend' list - then all you would have to do is agree with the PM you are sent:)

[Theland]

Cheers - I'll go back and try again!

[Theland]

BBWCHAT - that sounds simple - I'll wait for the invites!

[naomi24]

I think I'm getting the hang of it Theland, so I'll invite you.

[Ice-Maiden]

You mean to tell me there are no evangelists who're gay? Ridikulus!

[Greedyfly]

Unfortunatly people can be very naiive, I do find it slightly amusing that they believe every child who has seen Harry potter since it began will be gay lol - thats a lot of kids. Its ridiculous, but at the same time have you ever seen those documentries on tv about american religous groups, some times its just all a little too crazy to believe.

[naomi24]

Shucks, Theland, I just popped over to 'sport', and you beat me to it.

[naomi24]

Ice Maiden, now there's a solution to the problem. Excellent! No successful boggets in your wardrobe then! :o)

[Ice-Maiden]

You know...there are ALL sorts of things lurking in my wardrobes. Boggarts? Maybe.....I'll look tomorrow.

[Theland]

Naomi - Aw shucks! I had a bottle of wine with a real screw top to share, but we missed each other.
When it comes to surfing the net, my GCE in woodwork is not much help.

[legend760]

religious folk arent gay.

like in popes n priests and evangelists.
they just have sex with people of the same sex as them.

but theyre not dirty nasty evil gays.

heaven forbid !!!!

( did the sarcasm come thru in that folks ??? )

[Ice-Maiden]

Perish the thought!

[legend760]

theyd be sent to damnation.

oh no.
they got absoloution.

the religious persons get out of jail free card lol

[Ice-Maiden]

Lol - sorry, I thought you said ABlution - but I guess that'd be classed as water sports wouldn't it?

[legend760]

icey youre terrible btw

lady of the manor????


lady of the night is more like it

floosey.

youre the mary magdalene of answerbank lol

[Ice-Maiden]

Wha??? Wha' did I say wrong? No sir - not a floosey at all. Ablution's all about cleansing, isn't it?? Have you never done that???

[naomi24]

Sorry, Ice Maiden. I got Boggarts wrong. And me a HP fan! (Hangs head in shame).

[Betty Noir]

In answer to annavc's question, i think it Doesn't really matter whether JKR has suddenly decided Dumbledore might be gay. If kids are going to grow up to be gay i very much doubt it will be because they were influenced by Dumbledore. And even if they were gay - so what?! it's not the end of the world. Better that they be gay than a rapist or axe murderer. These religious fundamentalist Homophobes need to get their heads in order. They seem to think a person being gay is a terrible awful thing, when as far as i can see there's nothing wrong with it at all.

As for the occult thing - its a fantasy book, not the Satanic Bible. Witches don't even believe in satan, and wizzards don't exist. I remember getting into an argument with our vicar's wife once during church, we used to have a Christmas gift service where all the kids would bring toys and they'd be delivered to the local children's home. One child bought a pair of lovely plush wizzards in funky purple robes, and she shouted at me for putting them on the altar with all the other toys. And this was in the days before Harry Potter. I dread to think what her closed little mind makes of thse books. She probably made all the kids in the village burn them in a big pile.

[Whickerman]

Can I just suggest that fundamentalists, in particular Evangelists, seem to be outraged permanently, in fact they seem to live for it and look for reasons to be outraged. I'm not one bit surprised.