School Halts Talk by Cleric for Calling Harry Potter Gay

From the NYT

"Harry Potter gay? Get out of here! That sums up the goings on at the Penair School in Truro in southwest England, where a clergyman who is a best-selling author told an audience of 12-year-olds that the boy wizard created by J. K. Rowling is "gay," Reuters reported. He added that the villains in the books are "wimps." Teachers halted the talk by the Rev. Graham Taylor, the author of the novel "Shadowmancer," about witchcraft and the battle against evil, and asked him to leave. Mr. Taylor said he was only jesting when he used a catchphrase from a popular British television comedy, "Little Britain," in saying, "As for Harry Potter, well, he's not the only gay in the village." In a statement yesterday, the school said, "We were very disappointed to have to curtail a visit from Mr. Taylor."

WTF? And from a cleric? This like when Jerry Falwell thought the purple Teletubby was gay. I'm not sure why Rev. Taylor was even joking about it.