Woman Tries To Ban Harry Potter Books
Devil Worshippers
From Atlanta Journal-Constitution, hat tip Theocracy Watch
A Loganville mother argued that the Harry Potter books promote witchcraft and should be banned from all Gwinnett County public schools. But an attorney for the county's school system said the popular stories encourage children to read and should be available to all students.... The Gwinnett school board decided in May that the books should remain. Laura Mallory, the parent who wants the series removed, appealed to the state education board.Mallory said the books are harmful to children. She said the good characters lie, cheat and steal and are not punished. The stories, she said, encourage children to perform spells and promote Wicca.
"When my children are at school, I'm trusting them to the teachers and that school," Mallory said. "They are my most precious things in the entire world to me. I surely don't want them indoctrinated into a religion whose practices are evil." [...] Mallory's fight to banish Harry Potter began in September 2005 when she filed a complaint with her children's school.
Bill McCartney
