[Antoninus]

He’s gay, but celibate. (C’mon, there were only 100 zillion comparisons between Hogwarts and a monastery!)

A monastery where students may be found "snogging" at all hours of the day? Not bloodly likely!

The celibate claim is the last refuge of those still trying to defend the series. I expect Rowling will eventually slip that rug out from under them as well.

[Ebenezer]

I hope the only fruitcakes you find in monastaries are the ones monks bake for fundraising.

[dangus]

Actually, I wrote that as a wise-crack, unaware of the claim that Dumbledore actually *was*, in fact, gay but celibate. In truth, I regard Dumbledore’s celibacy irrelevant, until Rowlings finds it as relevant as his homosexuality.