Is 'Equus' to blame for WB decision?

I do not know if this has been discussed elsewhere, but I can't help but wonder if the fact that Dan Radcliffe being on Broadway this Fall and Winter has anything to do with Warner Brothers moving the sixth Harry Potter movie, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," from November 2008 to July 2009.

My husband and I were talking about this stupid, infuriating decision by Warner Bros. last night. Talk turned to Radcliffe being here in the states for the play and ... PING! The lightbulb came on -- his being here, in such a production, HAD to have something to do with WB deciding to sit on a blockbuster for 11 months.

I mean, sure, Radcliffe was in the same play in England last year. But that was England. Folks on this side of the pond are a little more conservative when it comes to nudity and sex. Let's face it, if the movie were to open in November, the anti-Potter crowd would have a field day. The star of the movies, Mr. Harry Potter himself, would be walking the red carpet at openings on both coasts, greeting adoring fans, many of which would be underage, then returning to the big stage, taking his clothes off, and engaging in horse mutilation, sexual fantasies, etc.

(For more information on the play, go HERE. A visit to the official Broadway site is a must, too.) I can see it now --"Fans who love Potter can see him fighting Voldemort on Friday, then flock to see him and his real wand in action live the next! Oh, the shame!"

Honestly, I would be willing to bet you money that the likes of Laura Mallory, the A.L.L., and the entire anti-Potter crowd would use this play to turn undecided parents away from from the Potter movies (and the books, too) even though they aren't even remotely related. (But since when does common sense matter to the people anyway?)

Warner Brothers would not want to start a coo by admitting to this, but likewise they are afraid of the "Moral Majority" filling the heads of consumers with anti-Potter, anti-WB propaganda so close to the Christmas season.

My question to Warner Brothers is this, though: "Who do you really want to piss off more? The loyal fans who will go to see this movie even if it opened at midnight on Christmas Day? And numerous times thereafter? Or a group of fundies who won't be buying a ticket anyway?"