This lady has lost this fight 5 times and will not let it go. Am I the only one who thinks she's wasting my tax dollars having to defend ourselves against her stupidity? If you agree with her please explain why.
Round 5 goes to Harry Potter
By BEN SMITH
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 05/29/07
Gwinnett Superior Court Judge Ronnie Batchelor on Tuesday rejected a mother's plea to have the Harry Potter books removed from county school libraries.
Laura Mallory of Loganville lost her argument for judicial relief.
Mallory argues the "Potter" stories are harmful and promote witchcraft and the occult to young people. Supporters of the "Potter" books say they encourage children to read and should be available to all students.
She argued her position for about an hour Tuesday before Batchelor made his ruling.
"I've done the best I can with all of this," Mallory said after the hearing.
Mallory said she may now file a federal lawsuit.
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2007-06-01 06:40:53 · 22 answers · asked by weeder 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
curious georgette - give me a break. Or are you Laura in disguise?
2007-06-01 07:06:29 · update #1
dolphinchic - evel huh? Yeak I lock my doors at night so Harry Potter doesn't break in and rape my wife. geez...
2007-06-01 07:08:02 · update #2
One of the biggest reasons why she keeps losing this is because she says she doesn't want the religion witchcraft in schools, but she wants her religion in schools. Just another fundie looking stupid on tv. I figure my money goes to entertainment one way or another and if this woman is willing to make a fool of herself on tv, looking like a hypocrite representing her "true religion" then so be it. Saves me from having to go to the movie theatres and putting up with the little teenagers.
I hope she does file a federal lawsuit. They will take into consideration the details of these other suits... and maybe, just maybe, we'll get a law that says "Shut the hell up about your religion and get on with life already". Of course, we'll have to build new jails for all the people that one would tick off...... but, like I said, I'm willing to pay out some money so people like that can look stupid on tv. It's better than American Idol.
2007-06-01 07:15:00 · answer #1 · answered by River 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Harry Potter is fiction, the simple spells by saying some words and waving a wand and such. It is very enticing and good fiction because it is based on a grain of truth.
But I do not think the "worried Christian parents" even know what real references there are in Harry Potter. For instance in the first book we hear mention of Nicholas Flamel and his philosophers stone and he was an actual person and there are real legends about him finding the philosophers stone.
One of the characters mentioned on one of their trading cards (with the famous magicians on them) is for instance Agrippa and he was a famous 16th century occultist and writer of the Three Books of Occult philosophy. The stories also reference real magical lore for instance the Hand of Glory is mentioned in one of the books. And there were real magical rites tied to this object called the hand of glory, made from the pickled hand of a hanged man. This object was used by thieves during break inns.
The books also mentions various plants and the real accounts of lore associated with them. For instance the mandrake and monkshood/wolfsbane. We also have all the references to other characters of mythology. So these books are quite well researched on lore and such.
But I do not see what harm these books can do. I believe some real historic references make for a better story anyway. And I do not think that people protesting these books even know about these references to actual legend and lore.
The whole issue is quite stupid. Just worried Christian parents trying to be everyones parent. And I suppose they are just bitter because children don't want to read the Bible in school. Imagine how that would cause harm to the children.
2007-06-01 13:58:56 · answer #2 · answered by The_Slasher_of_Veils 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think that Miss Malfoy...er...Mollory and her set have done more to PROMOTE the Harry Potter books and movies than anything. In fact, they have probably been the best PR campaign since Geuttenberg invented the printing press.
Not only have these people (who, by the way will not rad the books or watch the movies, lest they themselves commit a sin) failed miserably in their attempts to block the books from readers of all ages, but they have probably helped greatly to make the Potter series one of the most successful in literary history.
I know of at least one person that rea the first book just to see what the deal was (a fine looking chap that's wise beyond his years) and got hooked.
2007-06-01 13:49:48 · answer #3 · answered by Celtic 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I don't' understand her. I can understand that some people may not want their children to read the Harry Potter books. I know other Christian parents that don't let their kids read them. That is fine. It is a personal choice. But I don't think she should be making the choice for everyone. Personally I believe the books are harmless but maybe there are some kids that shouldn't read them. However that is a parental choice not Mrs. Mallory's.
2007-06-01 13:47:25 · answer #4 · answered by The OTHER Boelyn Chic 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This woman is just plain stupid and HYPOCRITICAL. In one moment, she's trying to take away our freedom to believe what we want and read what we want by using the "Separation of Church and State" issue to promote her own agenda/religion. She doesn't want Harry Potter books in school because she believes it promotes a religion she disagrees with, but, in the next breath she says "I have a dream that one day God will be allowed back in the schools." (or some such idea). I guess she only believes in separation of Church and State when it comes to OTHER peoples' religions, but, has no problem trying to use the State to promote HER religion (Christianity). Typical evangelical....
2007-06-02 13:50:21 · answer #5 · answered by Steven E 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no i don't agree with it, because it is just a story, and I think that if your child knows that it is only a story, then its ok. Children can be more suseptible to being pulled towards the occult, but as long as the child knows that the Harry Potter books are just fiction. then there is no reason to ban them.
2007-06-01 13:51:53 · answer #6 · answered by tweetybird37406 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because she is nutty. The good news is those who make the rulings and decisions seem to have a few brain cells floating arounf in their heads, because she has lost every battle.
She is probably getting a lot of attention from her church and likes to see her name in the paper.
I have always said Hatin' on Harry is a fundie fad. It sounds like fun and all their friends are doing it.
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2007-06-01 16:29:22 · answer #7 · answered by kellyrv_bsa 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hahah, I was just emailing about this, check this quote. :p
At Tuesday's hearing, Mallory argued in part that witchcraft is a religion practiced by some people and, therefore, the books should be banned because reading them in school violates the constitutional separation of church and state.
"I have a dream that God will be welcomed back in our schools again," Mallory said. "I think we need him."
2007-06-01 13:43:53 · answer #8 · answered by 006 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
And I don't suppose she has a problem with the Bible being on school shelves, and that book is LOADED with magic, violence, incest, murder, rape, slavery (approved and promoted), drowning and dashing babies to pieces, genocide... etc. etc.
And all those things are spoken of as if they're POSITIVE things, all done by or in the name of God. That's the scary part.
2007-06-01 14:41:28 · answer #9 · answered by Jess H 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I lived in Gwinnett County.
It may look modern on the exterior, but culturally, these people never progressed beyond the witch hunts and demonology.
2007-06-01 13:51:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋