Hogwarts Herald

Fox 5 in Atlanta brings us this interview with Laura Mallory, the Gwinnett County, Georgia, mother who fought to remove Harry Potter books from schools in Gwinnett County.

In Laura Mallory’s words:
“The Harry Potter books are mainstreaming witchcraft to our children. They’re presenting it in a child-friendly format that’s dangerous and deceptive.”

Yesterday, the Georgia State Board of Education ruled the Harry Potters books would be allowed to stay on the shelves.

The Fox 5 video (the image quality at the end of the video gets a little rough and pixelated…perhaps someone performed a pixelation charm on Ms. Mallory’s video image):

Laura Mallory gives us this final thought on her battle to remove the Harry Potter books from school libraries:

“If even one family or one child has been saved from the heartache other families have gone through with their children actually getting into witchcraft, um, then it’s worth it.” *

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A victory for Harry Potter today…J.K. Rowling’s books will be allowed to stay on school shelves in Gwinnett, Georgia:

“State Board of Education members Thursday morning backed the Gwinnett County Board of Education’s decision to keep the popular, but oft-maligned Potter books on school library shelves.”

The reason these books were in danger of being “banned” in Gwinnett:

“Laura Mallory, a Loganville mother, first complained to her child’s school last year that Potter was violent and promoted witchcraft and the Wicca religion.”

A few thoughts on this:

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