Novelist Anne Rice shuns Catholic Church over gay stance

The best selling novelist Anne Rice, author of the Vampire Chronicles, has left the Catholic Church because of its anti-gay and anti-feminist stance.

 

The best selling novelist Anne Rice, author of the Vampire Chronicles, has left the Catholic Church because of its anti-gay and anti-feminist stance. Rice announced her decision to shun/leave the Catholic Church on her Facebook page and revealed she had been having doubts about her faith for several years. The recent child abuse scandals within the Church – the latest to hit the Church though there have been many over the past 10 years – finally prompted her to leave.

 

“In the name of Christ, I quit Christianity and being Christian” saying that she regarded Christians as “quarrelsome, hostile, disputatious, and deservedly infamous.” Rice also added she refuses to be “anti-gay, anti-feminist and anti-Democrat.” – Anne Rice on her Facebook page

 

The author penned the best-selling novel Interview with the Vampire which was made into a Hollywood film starring Brad Pitt, Christian Slater and Tom Cruise in 1994. The author penned several sequels to the book including The Vampire Lestat and Queen of the Damned. A movie version of Queen of the Damned was also produced, starring Stuart Towsend and singer Aaliyah in 2002, but it was not a successful or well received as Interview with the Vampire. The Vampire Chronicles heavily feature gay and bisexual characters, several of which are the main protagonists of the stories such as Lestat and Louis – who were in a relationship at one time.

 

Rice has also revealed that despite planning no more Vampire novels she still enjoys the genre and is fan of True Blood and the Twilight books. Her son Christopher Rice, also an author, is gay.