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ATLANTA (AP) — A suburban county that sparked a public outcry when its libraries temporarily eliminated funding for Spanish-language fiction is now being asked to ban Harry Potter books from its schools.
Laura Mallory, a mother of four, told a hearing officer for the Gwinnett County Board of Education on Tuesday that the popular fiction books are an “evil” attempt to indoctrinate children in the Wicca religion.
Board of Education attorney Victoria Sweeny said that if schools were to remove all books containing reference to witches, they would have to ban “Macbeth” and “Cinderella.”
“There’s a mountain of evidence for keeping Harry Potter,” she said, adding that the books don’t support any particular religion but present instead universal themes of friendship and overcoming adversity.
Think the world’s gone mad. I’m all for banning Harry Potter simply because it’s pants, but banning it for this sort of thing? :roll:
@Bad Manners wrote:
Think the world’s gone mad. I’m all for banning Harry Potter simply because it’s pants:roll:
here here :wink: totally agree on that point
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