If you see the "upside" of Rowling's head, SMACK it for me!

Did you see the news? Dumbledore is gay, 'Harry Potter' author reveals.

I have so many comments to make here I'm not sure where to start. So, let's go with the obvious one. WTF? J.K. Rowling, what were you thinking?

First off, the anti-witchcraft & anti-gay community are the same people. But, you knew that already. You wanted to do something sensational. Did you think it would shock homophobes into rethinking their position? They won't. Or is it that your worried that you'll fade from the public eye now that your books are done? Good grief!

Firstly, you've turned him into a cliche.' "Headmaster is gay! Film at 11!"

How does this possibly help the plight of the gay community? It doesn't. There's no good purpose served here. Suddenly, Dumbledore's sexual orientation is his defining attribute. Instead of being a great wizard & headmaster, he becomes a gay man who happens to be great. Instead of people looking at his altruistic tendencies, they start questioning his motivations for befriending Harry. This is bad for the gay community, not good. It makes him the gay-wizard in the same way that Obama is the black-candidate and Clinton is the woman who thinks she can lead.

The world will never start to change until we stop thinking about people by such labels. It's fine that he's gay. Good for him! It shouldn't matter. Did you learn this lesson watching the Empire Strikes Back? When Yoda tells us "Size matters not" he's telling us something about the true nature of humanity; we are not limited by the preconceptions of the world. Yet, in one swift move you limit yourself and Dumbledore.

And the need to bring this point up only serves to put a dark cloud over a wonderful series of books and cause our gay friends more problems.

If you REALLY want to learn something about promoting equity and understanding in fiction, go find yourself a comic-book store and get every back issue of every X-Men title ever made. The mutant plight including the mutant plague is a much better allegory for the plight of the gay community than your books will ever be. It sure taught me a lot more about treating my fellow humanity with respect and acceptance than the outing Dumbledore.

Heck, the answers to all of life's great lessons can be found in the pages of X-Men, Spiderman, Batman or Superman. Sigh! It's true what Uncle Ben kept telling us kids, "With great power comes great responsibility." Good thing that Rowling can't out Professor X or Alfred Pennyworth.