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Should Harry Potter author, JK Rowling, have announced that the character Albus Dumbledore was gay?
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| Yes | 39% | 1577 votes | Total: 3993 votes | |
| No | 61% | 2416 votes |
Yes
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Created on: December 07, 2009 Last Updated: December 08, 2009
Many people seem to be extremely uncomfortable at the thought of anything at all political in children's
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Created on: February 14, 2008
JK Rowling has always been very open about who her characters are, who they aren't, and what their motivations
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by AJ Nold
Created on: June 16, 2008
Before I begin, I would like it to be clear that my choice to join the 'Yes' side has nothing to do
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Created on: January 03, 2008
"My truthful answer to you . . . I always thought of Dumbledore as gay . . . Dumbledore fell in love
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Created on: July 20, 2008 Last Updated: March 06, 2010
I am clearly behind the times. I have only just read the announcement that Albus Dumbledore from Harry
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Created on: July 21, 2010
JK Rowling, the Harry Potter author, should have announced that the character Albus Dumbledore was gay.
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by Glory Lennon
Created on: January 08, 2008 Last Updated: July 26, 2008
I'm very glad J.K. Rowling finally let it be known that Dumbledore is gay. It now all makes sense. Gaping
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Created on: April 02, 2009 Last Updated: December 16, 2010
In the Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling presents a world where "wizards" experience a lot of the same
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by Harry Lamer
Created on: November 29, 2009 Last Updated: November 30, 2009
Did Albus Dumbledore and Grindelwald ever make love?
Thankfully, that little detail will never be revealed
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by Helen Abbott
Created on: January 24, 2008
I have answered Yes to this question although it would be more appropriate to say my answer is 'I don't
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Created on: July 11, 2008
Should J.K. Rowling have announced that Dumbledore was gay? I call that a leading question. Perhaps
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by Mark Abel
Created on: September 04, 2008
In many ways J.K Rowling's decision to reveal Albus Dumbledore's sexual preference is appropriate and
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Created on: October 24, 2007
just looked up "Harry Potter" on Google. It came up with 76,400,000 results. That's right. There are
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Created on: October 21, 2007 Last Updated: October 24, 2007
Millions of people have been rekindled their love of books with the reading of the Harry Potter series.
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by Angela Way
Created on: February 05, 2008
I say yes because of the way the movie director wanted to take the upcoming movie. Also why should Dumbledore
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Created on: April 02, 2008
It was a splendid thing when J.K. Rowling "outed" Professor Albus Dumbledore. Why? Because teens are
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Created on: January 12, 2008
Honestly, what a load of nonsense some people get themselves embroiled in. Of course she should. Dumbledore
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by R.L Hanlon
Created on: November 04, 2007
What? You didn't really know that Dumbledore was gay? You didn't have your suspicions when reading the
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No
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by Dave Simmons
Created on: July 09, 2008 Last Updated: November 11, 2011
I've voted for 'no' rather than 'yes' on this simply because I can't understand why she would bother
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by Kyra Lennon
Created on: May 04, 2010 Last Updated: May 05, 2010
Harry Potter will go down in history as being one of the greatest children's book series of all time.
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Created on: July 07, 2010
My love of children’s literature, especially young adult’s literature, stems from the bravery
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Created on: May 06, 2009
No, the love life of Albus Dumbledore should have been something left for fan-fiction. While I, nor
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Created on: November 07, 2010 Last Updated: November 08, 2010
By now, J.K. Rowling's "outing" of Albus Dumbledore is old news. Still, with the first part of
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Created on: July 11, 2009
Perhaps my vote was a little misguided.
When reading the debate question, I took the meaning to be
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Created on: June 16, 2009
The infamous Harry Potter books have invaded the imaginations of children around the world, coloring
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by G E Barr
Created on: January 22, 2009
WHEN NUANCE ISN'T ENOUGH
To me, and I've never read JK Rowling, I wondered if it were not a slap in the
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Created on: September 23, 2010
Should Harry Potter author, JK Rowling, have announced that the character Albus Dumbledore was gay?
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by Mick Marten
Created on: February 25, 2008 Last Updated: December 13, 2008
I have to admit that Harry Potter books are really not my sort of reading; however, I have followed
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Created on: February 11, 2008
"Did Dumbledore ever fell in love?"
"Well, I actually was always thinking about him as a gay"This response
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by Kay Parsons
Created on: April 03, 2008
Really, I don't think J. K. Rowling should have announced that Dumbledore was gay. Don't get me wrongI
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Created on: April 09, 2008
I am still struggling to fathom just why J K Rowling felt that it was necessary to announce to the world
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Created on: August 23, 2008
Having grown up reading Harry Potter I really was shocked to discover that JK Rowling intended Dumbledore
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Created on: August 11, 2008
If J.K. Rowling thought that Dumbledore's sexuality played any sort of significant role in the Harry
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by Shaun Duke
Created on: November 25, 2007 Last Updated: August 30, 2009
Let's face it. Literature is in need of more homosexual characters to act as positive role models to
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by Rebecca Hurt
Created on: January 09, 2008
I was dreadfully disappointed when I heard that JK Rowling had announced that Albus Dumbledore in her
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Created on: October 29, 2007
Recently J.K. Rowling announced that her character Albus Dumbledore is/was gay. With this announcement
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Created on: November 09, 2007
I personally think this about selling more books. After all, sensationalism and scandal make for great
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Created on: December 03, 2007 Last Updated: September 05, 2009
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