 "The media presentation of the event as Ms. Rowling ’ s endorsement of homosexuality and an anti-faith agenda was straight from Rita Skeeter ’ s notebook and part of their endless campaign to convince the public that Ms. Rowling is the enemy of their enemy, namely, the Church; the anguished and disappointed response of many Christian readers to these reports was also according to Culture War formula and in keeping with a hyper-extended understanding of the word gay." Dumbledore is gay "no more makes the books an invitation to homosexuality or contrary to orthodox Christian belief than Sorcerer ’ s Stone made them a" gateway to the occult. "
