Perhaps you've heard of this. This woman claims that Harry Potter promotes witchcraft, which is a religion that is actually practiced by some people, so therefore it violates the separation of church and state, and should not be allowed in the school library.
Now I will say this... I would actually agree with this twit, if in fact, books dealing with religions were not allowed in public school libraries. However, to my knowledge, those books ARE allowed in school libraries, so she therefore does not have a leg to stand on.
But I admit, I may be wrong about that. For example, are The Chronicles Of Narnia books allowed in school libraries? How about the Torah, the Bible, the Koran?
I honestly don't know. But as I said, if religion is strictly prohibited from being in school libraries, then I agree that Harry Potter should not be there, either. (No matter how ridiculous it is to compare a child's fantasy book to real life :)
2007-05-29
07:36:01
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