Harry Potter and friends are certainly not strangers to banishment by all sorts of religious groups, including the Vatican. But one Georgia mom, Laura Mallory, is trying to protect her kids by having Harry Potter banned across the board from all county libraries and schools. The Associated Press reports:
“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.
Mallory, a mother of four, told a hearing officer for the Gwinnett County Board of Education that the popular fiction series is 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.”"
Mallory used brochures for Harry Potter-themed summer camps as ammunition in her presentation to support her arguments that the real design behind J. K. Rowling’s beloved series is to indoctrinate kids into the Wicca religion.
My response: “There’s Harry Potter summer camps? Do they have them for adults?”
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posted October 11, 2006 at 8:54 pm
I have long wondered how narrow a mind has to be in order to read a promotion of Wicca into Harry Potter. If such a thing was on the author’s agenda I would certainly want to ask why she so blatantly depicted the story-line in cartoonish fashion. It is a clear attempt to have fun and to set a centrally healthy story of friendship, the young’s dependence on elder wisdom, and the perennial struggle of good and evil in a context that is entertaining and imaginitive. How obvious does one have to be in order to reinforce the fundamental reality that the story itself is fantasy….like cinderella, snow white, and many many others.
posted October 16, 2006 at 5:21 pm
I agree with your assessment, and would like to add… It shows that no matter what, if you try hard and don’t get bitter and hate-filled you can succeed. Look at all that Harry had to deal with.. family that hated him, constantly reminded him that he was “worthless” and had nothing… Yet, he persevered, was obedient and triumphed. These are great stories.