Georgia rules Potter can stay on school shelves

Atlanta, Georgia (http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/12/14/potter.ban.reut/index.html) (Reuters) -- Harry Potter fans in Gwinnett County, Georgia, can breathe a sigh of relief.
The Georgia department of education Thursday upheld a decision by the county board that would allow the wildly popular series by British author J.K. Rowling to remain in school libraries, Gwinnett school system spokesman Jorge Quintana said.
In October 2005, Laura Mallory, a mother with children at Gwinnett elementary schools, asked a local committee to ban the books about a young wizard, saying they were violent and promoted witchcraft.
The application was denied, so she appealed her case before different local and state officials. "At all levels the decision has been to keep the books on the shelves," Quintana told Reuters.
The state board decided the matter on a technicality, ruling that Gwinnett acted within its legal authority, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Web site.
"I didn't do a good enough legal job because I didn't hire a lawyer," it quoted Mallory as saying. The newspaper said she could file an appeal with the state superior court.
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Some months ago this was a major issue locally. Apparently, Ms Mallory is very troubled by Harry Potter & friends.

Is Ms Mallory for real or what,I always feel its things like this that gives the South a bad name.

Around here a family is going after Fahrenheit 451 and To Kill A Mockingbird.

Around here a family is going after Fahrenheit 451 and To Kill A Mockingbird.

Please tell me your joking. In todays world it's hard to know for sure. If not the irony of someone trying to ban Farenheit 451 is sad. Real sad.

Please tell me your joking. In todays world it's hard to know for sure. If not the irony of someone trying to ban Farenheit 451 is sad. Real sad.

"No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public". -----------------H L Mencken.

Please tell me your joking. In todays world it's hard to know for sure. If not the irony of someone trying to ban Farenheit 451 is sad. Real sad.

It's not irony. Irony is funny. This is far from.

It's not irony. Irony is funny. This is far from.
I thought it was funny.

A year ago there was a protest at my local library by some old folks who wanted books that "accepted homosexuality" banned from the public library. And a statue replica of David, they wanted his genitals covered.