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This is freaking stupid. I'm getting sick and tired of frivolous lawsuits that I have to pay for with tax money. My kids, some friends and my wife have read the books. Not once have a walked in on them performing a seance, trying to raise the dead or skin a chicken...other than my wife for Sunday's dinner...Now after she gets denied again, I say she should be fined for wasting the court's time.
Next installment of mom vs. Potter set for Gwinnett court
By BEN SMITH
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 05/29/07
Laura Mallory and Harry Potter are to meet in court on Tuesday.
Mallory, whose children attend school in Gwinnett, wants the popular series of books about the fictional boy wizard exorcised from Gwinnett County's public school libraries.
Mallory is scheduled to appear in Gwinnett Superior Court Tuesday morning to argue 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.
Since she launched her anti-Potter crusade in 2005, Mallory has taken her case to administrators at the Loganville elementary school her children attend; to a school appeals committee; to the Gwinnett County Board of Education; and to the Georgia Board of Education. She's lost at each level.
Along the way, she's been derided by columnists and in letters to the editor in publications as far away as Canada. In a Dec. 15 editorial, the Augusta Chronicle called Mallory's campaign "ludicrous" and said, "Ms. Mallory and her ilk are tilting at the wrong windmill."
Still, Mallory insists her campaign to kick Harry Potter out of public school libraries has been worth it.
"Some parents who've heard about the controversy in the media, now, instead of taking Harry Potter at face value, they've started looking into the effects of it," Mallory said.
Mallory bases her claim, in part, on testimonials and Internet articles by conservative Christian authors that she's posted on her Web site.
Mallory acknowledges she hasn't read any of the six books in the "Harry Potter" series. The seventh — and final one — is scheduled for release this summer.
Regardless of the outcome of today's hearing, Mallory said she'll go "as far as necessary to get the truth out."
"Personally, I don't think it's a good idea to raise a whole generation of witches," Mallory said.
"I don't think it's good for our country."
HARRY POTTER APPEALS
• September 2005: Parent Laura Mallory files a complaint with her children's school, J.C. Magill Elementary, to banish "Harry Potter" books from the school media center. Review panels from the school and the school district recommended that the books should remain on the shelves.
• April 20, 2006: The Gwinnett County School Board holds a public hearing on the issue; a hearing officer supports the recommendation to keep the books available.
• May 11, 2006: Gwinnett School Board votes unanimously to keep the popular book series in school libraries.
• June 2006: Mallory appeals the school board's decision to the state Board of Education.
• Oct. 3, 2006: State Board of Education hearing officer hears arguments in the appeal.
• Dec. 14, 2006: State Board of Education upholds the Gwinnett school system's procedure for keeping "Harry Potter" books on the shelves of school libraries.
• Jan. 17, 2007: Laura Mallory requests an appeal of her case to Gwinnett Superior Court.
Next installment of mom vs. Potter set for Gwinnett court
By BEN SMITH
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 05/29/07
Laura Mallory and Harry Potter are to meet in court on Tuesday.
Mallory, whose children attend school in Gwinnett, wants the popular series of books about the fictional boy wizard exorcised from Gwinnett County's public school libraries.
Mallory is scheduled to appear in Gwinnett Superior Court Tuesday morning to argue 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.
Since she launched her anti-Potter crusade in 2005, Mallory has taken her case to administrators at the Loganville elementary school her children attend; to a school appeals committee; to the Gwinnett County Board of Education; and to the Georgia Board of Education. She's lost at each level.
Along the way, she's been derided by columnists and in letters to the editor in publications as far away as Canada. In a Dec. 15 editorial, the Augusta Chronicle called Mallory's campaign "ludicrous" and said, "Ms. Mallory and her ilk are tilting at the wrong windmill."
Still, Mallory insists her campaign to kick Harry Potter out of public school libraries has been worth it.
"Some parents who've heard about the controversy in the media, now, instead of taking Harry Potter at face value, they've started looking into the effects of it," Mallory said.
Mallory bases her claim, in part, on testimonials and Internet articles by conservative Christian authors that she's posted on her Web site.
Mallory acknowledges she hasn't read any of the six books in the "Harry Potter" series. The seventh — and final one — is scheduled for release this summer.
Regardless of the outcome of today's hearing, Mallory said she'll go "as far as necessary to get the truth out."
"Personally, I don't think it's a good idea to raise a whole generation of witches," Mallory said.
"I don't think it's good for our country."
HARRY POTTER APPEALS
• September 2005: Parent Laura Mallory files a complaint with her children's school, J.C. Magill Elementary, to banish "Harry Potter" books from the school media center. Review panels from the school and the school district recommended that the books should remain on the shelves.
• April 20, 2006: The Gwinnett County School Board holds a public hearing on the issue; a hearing officer supports the recommendation to keep the books available.
• May 11, 2006: Gwinnett School Board votes unanimously to keep the popular book series in school libraries.
• June 2006: Mallory appeals the school board's decision to the state Board of Education.
• Oct. 3, 2006: State Board of Education hearing officer hears arguments in the appeal.
• Dec. 14, 2006: State Board of Education upholds the Gwinnett school system's procedure for keeping "Harry Potter" books on the shelves of school libraries.
• Jan. 17, 2007: Laura Mallory requests an appeal of her case to Gwinnett Superior Court.