Does the stupidity ever end? Harry Potter and 'witchcraft' is a fundie favorite

[CurtEastPoint]

I am pulling this from the Atlanta paper, which you have to have an account to read:

The school system told her NO, the state school board upheld the county and she STILL presses on, with 'donations fro supporters' This bitch needs to get a life and worry about something that DOES MATTER!


Published on: 01/18/07

A Loganville mother who claims Harry Potter books promote wickedness and witchcraft said she will appeal the state's decision to allow the best-selling books to remain in Gwinnett school libraries.

Laura Mallory, who has three children in elementary school, said Wednesday she has requested an appeal of her case to Gwinnett Superior Court.

Mallory has said the books should be removed from all Gwinnett County public schools.

County school board members said the books are tools to encourage children to read and to spark creativity and imagination. In May, the county decided to deny Mallory's request.

The state board did not consider the merits of the books in making its decision. Instead, board members were asked to determine whether Gwinnett had properly handled Mallory's complaint. Without discussion, objection or comment, the members upheld the school system's procedure — much to Mallory's chagrin.

"I really feel like they haven't addressed all the issues that I've raised," Mallory said after the state board decision in December.

Mallory said Wednesday she's ready for a legal fight. She said she's contacted a potential expert witness to lend support to her case. And she said supporters who urged her to press on have sent her "significant donations" to help pay legal fees.

[ck4829]

1. And let me guess, she hasn't actually read any Harry Potter books, right?

[CurtEastPoint]

5. I'm glad you asked... I dug a little further

and from her local paper:

She admitted that she has not read the book series partially because “they’re really very long and I have four kids.”
“I’ve put a lot of work into what I’ve studied and read. I think it would be hypocritical for me to read all the books, honestly. I don’t agree with what’s in them. I don’t have to read an entire pornographic magazine to know it’s obscene,” Mallory said.

I KNOW DEM WITCHES WHEN I SEES'EM!

Stupid twat. Here she is reading her.. whatever.. It sure ain't HP!

[moggie]

10. "They're really very long"?

Semi-literate fool. I've just taken a look on Amazon, and the first Harry Potter is 190 easily-digestible pages. I'll bet this idiot's house has very few books, other than a bible.

I can't be sure from that picture, but I suspect she's wearing mixed fabrics, which is explicitly forbidden in Leviticus. Stone her!

[Odin2005]

15. And I bet she rarely reads that bible.

[Bjornsdotter]

2. She's been doing this for a while

...not sure how long, but I think well over a year.

This is one bat shit crazy woman and it's scary that she has kids.

Cheers

[silverweb]

3. Again or still?

Tell the crazy, stupid bitch to homeschool her brats and be done with it.

I am sooooo sick of these people!

[Drifter]

6. Indeed ...

I always feel sorry for home schooled kids because an important part of school is interacting with peers.
In this case home schooling would certainly be an improvement to the community.

Cheers
Drifter

[Kutjara]

4. The woman should be made to publicly demonstrate...

...how waving a little stick in the air while speaking primary-school Latin conjures up anything more than puzzled frowns from onlookers.

Just wait till the "Dark Materials" movie comes out this year. The book it's based on is avowedly anti-Christian. The fundies will freeeeeek!

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

7. This woman's world is surrounded by fear

She apparently thinks that the Harry Potter books are so powerful that if she reads them she'll go over to the Dark Side or something!!! She appears to be one of those odd Christians who apparently feel that the Devil is more powerful than God--if a child has a good grounding in their faith, they will look on these books as no more than good tales.

[tanyev]

8. Hey, lady. Evanesco!

[Az]

9. Ok, lets say that Potter is prowitchcraft

What of it? That is still no cause to ban a book from a library.

[cyborg_jim]

11. Stupid Muggle

You can't be 'recruited' into the craft - you either have it or you don't. She can start worrying when owls start delivering letters to her kids.

[Clevenger]

12. It's all about market share...

...Christian leaders know the narrow demographic they're after: Smart and motivated enough to go out and earn money, yet dumb and frightened enough to believe the church's lies. When something like Harry Potter comes along, Christian leaders strike preemptively, lest precious dollars that could go into their offering baskets wind up elsewhere.

Of course, it also has to do with Laura Mallory wanting her 15 minutes of fame.

[Chorophyll]

13. No, the stupidity never does end.

And God forbid (heh) there should actually be a series of books out there that makes kids WANT TO READ!!

Because reading Harry Potter might lead to reading other things...

Which might lead to critical thinking...

And no way do we want THAT to happen in America. Jeebus.

[unpossibles]

14. exactly. I found her statement that it would be "hypocritical" to read the books

quite telling. If anything, I feel the opposite, but what do I know...?

Odds are she has not even read her Bible.

[NMMNG]

16. If the values she has taught her kids are so weak

that reading a HP book or two would turn them "wicked", she has done a piss-poor job as a mother. She needs a serious reality check.