>I find it absolutely disgusting that once again, entertainment
> directed towards youth has been decimated by turning it into
> pornographic trash. Gay lust has no place in these books.
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> http://www.onenewsnow.com/2007/10/harry_potter_author_admits_ser.php
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> NEW YORK - J.K. Rowling, author of the mega-selling fantasy series
> that ended last summer, admitted to an audience in New York last night
> that Albus Dumbledore, master wizard and Headmaster of Hogwarts, is a
> homosexual.
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> After reading briefly from the final book, "Harry Potter and the
> Deathly Hallows," she took questions from audience members.
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> She was asked by one young fan whether Dumbledore finds "true love."
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> "Dumbledore is gay," the author responded to gasps and applause.
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> She then explained that Dumbledore was smitten with rival Gellert
> Grindelwald, whom he defeated long ago in a battle between good and
> bad wizards. "Falling in love can blind us to an extent," Rowling said
> of Dumbledore's feelings, adding that Dumbledore was "horribly,
> terribly let down."
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> Dumbledore's love, she observed, was his "great tragedy."
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> "Oh, my god," Rowling concluded with a laugh, "the fan fiction."
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> Potter readers on fan sites and elsewhere on the Internet have
> speculated on the sexuality of Dumbledore, noting that he has no close
> relationship with women and a mysterious, troubled past. And explicit
> scenes with Dumbledore already have appeared in fan fiction.
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> Rowling told the audience that while working on the planned sixth
> Potter film, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," she spotted a
> reference in the script to a girl who once was of interest to
> Dumbledore. A note was duly passed to director David Yates, revealing
> the truth about her character.
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> 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."
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> 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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