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Harry Potter Author Gets Quebec Anti-homophobia Award

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski

MONTREAL, May 20, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Homosexual activists in Canada are scraping the edges of the barrel in trying to find new ways to promote their agenda.

Joanne Kathleen Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, has been awarded the "Fight Against Homophobia" award by the Quebec homosexual lobby group Fondation Emergence, because of her announcement last fall that professor Dumbledore, the 'good' wizard of her stories was a homosexual.

When accused of using the politically correct declaration to produce more publicity after the completion of the series, Rowling said, "[Dumbledore] is my character. He is what he is and I have the right to say what I say about him," and that anyone who disagrees belongs to the "lunatic fringes" of Christianity.

Rowling pandered to the media that the revelation was very "freeing" for her and that only certain people will view Dumbledore differently in light of the new detail about his character. Referring to Dumbledore's boyhood friendship with the evil Grindelwald, Rowling said, "I think a child will see a friendship and I think a sensitive adult may well understand that it was an infatuation."

Rebecca Traister, columnist on salon.com called Rowling's announcement "a neat trick philosophically, but also economically to do it once all the kids that might have been kept away from the material have already read it."

When invited by Fondation Emergence to receive her award, Rowling conveyed her thanks but said that she regrets being unable to attend the ceremony. Three homosexual fans of Harry Potter will be accepting the award on her behalf.

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very interesting article gin.

it is also good financially because those who would not have read the series originally, saying its a kids book will want to look it over to see what other adult tones it has and or just to read a book that has brought so much strife into the catholic society.

it could bring book sales from other focus groups.
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Posts: 25796 · Posted: May 21, 2008 9:45 am Post subject:

Posts: 16851 · Posted: May 21, 2008 1:28 pm Post subject:

yay jo!
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Posts: 3430 · Posted: May 21, 2008 4:15 pm Post subject:

i guess yay, but i dont see how writting books and not telling anyone that dd is gay until after she was done and didnt put it in the books how that got her that award.

i mean, did anyone suspect dd gay?

i mean good job but im not sure if this a true feat.

im the only one who feels that way.
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Posts: 25796 · Posted: May 21, 2008 4:18 pm Post subject:

Posts: 3430 · Posted: May 21, 2008 4:20 pm Post subject:

well... it went over my head... but i have to tell you jo saying dd was gay all the time was very surprising to me and prolly others. mainly for me cuz i cant tell gay people from straight unless its very obvious... or my friend tells me...
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Posts: 17948 · Posted: May 21, 2008 4:22 pm Post subject:

^ if there are ppl burning the books because of what it is now, imagine what it would've been if dumbledore's homosexuality had been obvious in the books? Rolling Eyes

trust me, not that many ppl are ok with homosexuality, my very own family is proof of that...
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Posts: 3430 · Posted: May 21, 2008 4:25 pm Post subject:

yeah i know thats VERY true. i live in eastern oregon, and well... we're cowboys here so as you can imagine.
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Posts: 17948 · Posted: May 21, 2008 4:43 pm Post subject:

i have no idea, cowboys are homophobics or something?

but anyway, i guess you understand that its not yet really accepted these days so it wouldnt have been smart of her to really make him obviously gay in the books
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Posts: 3430 · Posted: May 21, 2008 4:56 pm Post subject:

cowboys are very homophobic.

an yeah it was a good idea for sure, bc people would have gotten turned off by that and not read the books. plus it lets gays have a gay hero... not real but still. it shows that gay people can be heros. right?
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