A former British teaching assitant thinks so. Sariya Allen is suing for $100,000 in damages after being dismissed for refusing to allow a seven year old girl to read a Harry Potter book.
"I admit I said to the child that I don't do witchcraft in any form," she said. "I was put in the position that listening to the child reading this book would compromise my religious beliefs."
I did not know the U.K. had nutball fundies. Are fundies spreading?
They're everywhere. I can't really see the harm in Harry Potter other than boring me to tears. Mind you think books are fairly long, maybe she wasn't used to reading any longer than a couple of verses. Or perhaps she found it hard to read a book that flowed logically form one chapter to the next, unlike a certain unamed good book.
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ReplyDeleteThe Harry Potter histrionics seem to have no end. Presumably Tolkien comes in for the same censure. I'm not sure how the mere act of reading makes a fundie guilty by association. Perhaps they are more suggestible - but more likely they're just using this to get a few headlines. Anything to score brownie points for Jesus.
ReplyDeleteWhat's the difference between Harry Potter books and the bible??
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