[Marileangorifurnimaluim]

You know, for a religion that got its start being thrown to the lions and disallowed their rights and right to worship, these Christians are awfully quick to burn books, ban this and ban that. You'd think they'd be the last ones on earth to deny the right of others to read what they like. Far from it.<P>If it helps your day at the library goldwine, you could always point out the fact that Gandalf is a Maia, sort of a type of angelic being. Read a passage or two of the Silmarillion. But in my experience there are two types of Christians, political and spiritual. If you're dealing with the political type, you're spitting in the breeze of their opinions. They wouldn't listen if <I>God</I> spoke to them. The spiritual types have a genuine heart, and there's a gentleness about them. They seem to spend more time doing good, and less time being angry.<P>As far as the homosexuality theory, based on Bree (?) this article sounds like a spoof, and it isn't the first, nor will it be the last. It's the price of popularity, and a sign that the Lord of the Rings is here to stay.