Thank Christ, he’s not gay

There's a lot of talk right now about The Da Vinci Code, and on the back of the publicity garnered by the movie, sales of the book have skyrocketed. Funny, I thought everyone (except Wife) had read it by now, but obviously not.

I read the book last year and thoroughly enjoyed it, even though many literary critics are slamming how it is badly written. It's a trashy pulp novel - what do you expect? And frankly, if literary greatness is something along the lines of The English Patient, then give me trash any day of the week.

Anyway, the latest and greatest comment on the Da Vinci Code controversy must be the one from the great (and famously gay) actor Sir Ian McKellen, who plays Leigh Teabing in The Da Vinci Code and was fantastic as Frankenstein director James Whale in Gods and Monsters a few years back. (I think he's also in those dodgy Lord of the Rings films.)

According to Sir Ian, Christians should be happy with the book. As reported by IMDb, McKellen said: "I'm very happy to believe that Jesus was married. And I know the Catholic church has problems with gay people and so this would be absolute proof that Jesus was not gay."

Of course, Sir Ian should know that being married and having kids is not necessarily proof of heterosexuality, but I shan't let that stand in the way of a good story.