A Beloved Harry Potter character outed!

I was on IMDB tonight and notice a bunch of threads stating that Dumbledore, a popular wizard from the Harry Potter series, was outed by the author JK Rowlings! Of course, at first, I thought it was just a rumor spread around by the over zealous fan and decided to dig a little deeper and discovered it to be true after finding this article on yahoo.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071020/ap_on_en_ot/books_harry_potter

Of course I have no problem with one of the lead characters being gay for the simple reason is I have no problem with homosexuals and their lifestyles. For goodness sakes I'm for gay marriage and gay rights! Anyway I enjoy the series and from what some groups that I shall not name, have already stated they will try and boycott the books once again now that there is a gay character in its series. I will not stop reading the books, since I have been reading them since 97' and love them and will continue to read them to my son who loves the movies and books just as much as I do. I know after this little release of information that certain groups will have more reasons to hate the book and try to ban it from schools even more. Even thought the books themselves never mention the lovable wizard ever to be gay in them, so unless someone tells the child then they will never know.

I say good for JK Rowlings, she is doing something that might open up the world to younger children in a way, showing them that its ok to be different, which of course she has already shown with Harry Potter and his plight in the world of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Showing a character that is gay and showing that this person is a strong character, with excellent traits, well loved, and normal, might show children that even thought people choose to have a different sexual preference still makes them like everyone else. I like how this was done and will continue to enjoy the books no matter what! Oh and now if you want please check out the poll I put up to see what your views are.