Top actor is ruining the reputation of Gandalf the Godly

IF J R R Tolkien were alive today, he would be spinning in his grave.

So thinks Hilary White, of the hilarious fundie website, LifeSiteNews:

Blathers White:

In the original Lord of the Rings books, the fatherly and honourable character of Gandalf was described by J R R Tolkien as an ‘incarnate’ angelic being sent by God to help defeat evil on earth. As a devout traditional Catholic (sic), experts on Tolkien agree that he would have been horrified to see his creation being used to promote the homosexual disorder as normal to children.

And who’s using Gandalf to promote “homosexual disorder” among the innocent young?

Sir Ian McKellen in his role of Gandalf

Why, no other than Sir Ian McKellen, who played the venerable old magician in the Lord of the Rings films.

As part of a programme to combat homophobic bullying, Sir Ian visited a “faith” school, and took along along Gandalf’s sword with which he knighted a pair of children ‘Sir Minority’ and ‘Dame Minority’. “It and it went down very well,” he said.

But not with the likes of White, who wails:

McKellen is again using his fame to promote homosexuality – this time to children in schools. McKellen is a founding member of and long-time campaigner for Stonewall, one of the world’s most successful homosexualist lobby groups. His new task with the group involves tours of British schools to speak to them about ‘tolerance’ of homosexuality.

The homophobic Father Finigan

Nor did it please Father Timothy Finigan, founder of the quaintly-named Association of Priests for the Gospel of Life, who claims that Stonewall’s efforts in schools are part of a larger government agenda.

Nobody wants to see kids calling each other nasty names or bullying people in any way. But what the government is trying to do in their policies on homophobia is to address schools’ ‘heteronormative’ or ‘heterosexist’ culture.

Finigan says that parents often choose Catholic or other faith schools because of the increased student discipline, in which pupils who are seen to be different are less likely to be bullied. The programme to specifically address “homophobic” bullying, he suggested, is largely an attempt to browbeat anyone who might defend true marriage and family.

We’re all against bullying, but you can also engender a culture in which people who are in favour of the family are bullied into silence.