Author Expelled After Calling Harry Potter Gay

LONDON (Reuters) - A British cleric and top-selling author of children's books was thrown out of a school where he said Harry Potter was ``gay'' during a talk to 12-year-olds.

Reverend Graham Taylor, who penned the novel ``Shadowmancer'' which, like the tales of the famous boy wizard created by J.K. Rowling, centers on witchcraft and battling evil, got his marching orders after teachers accused him of homophobia.

``As for Harry Potter, well, he's not the only gay in the village,'' Taylor told children at Penair School in Truro, southwest England, referring to a catchphrase from the popular British comedy TV show ``Little Britain.''

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``It was a joke; a joke from 'Little Britain' that the children would know,'' Taylor was quoted by newspapers as saying. ``I didn't set out to offend. I'm a priest and I'm very careful about not offending people.''

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/arts/entertainment-potter.html

What? . . .

he and Ron Weasley had a thing goin' on . . . guess I better get my gaydar fixed . . . :shrug:

is really the one who started it....Harry just went along with him. And both of them promised never to tell anyone else....

if there aren't supposed to be anymore homosexual priests, then why does this one have gaydar?

an author is attacking one of the most popular series of books in history and uses this sort of language?

didn't he realize that it would blow up in his face???

:wtf: