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Harry Potter Defeats Another DetractorIn a unanimous decision May 11, the board of the Gwinnett County (Ga.) Public Schools voted that the Harry Potter series remain on the media-center shelves throughout the system. Their action constituted the final appeal for complainant Laura Mallory at the district level, although she told the May 11 Atlanta Journal-Constitution that she was weighing whether to bring her objections to the series to state education officials.“It’s good we live in a country where you can stand up for what you believe in,” Mallory told the newspaper, adding, “God is alive and real, and he says [witchcraft] is an abomination. How can we say it is good reading material?” “At the heart of this issue is censorship,” GCPS board member Carole Boyce asserted during the meeting. “Our students do understand the difference between fact and fiction. Let’s let those who want to read the Harry Potter books have the opportunity to do so.” The board’s decision echoed that of Su Ellen Bray, hearing officer for the reconsideration, who had recommended that the titles be retained. She wrote to district officials that pulling the series based on Mallory’s argument that it lures youngsters into witchcraft “would open this very fine school system to ridicule by many of its citizens as well as citizens of the nation,” according to the May 12 Lawrenceville Gwinnett Daily Post. Posted May 12, 2006. |
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