Gee, rather than "fight it" why not chalk it up to fiction and get over it?
Gee, let's all go to school libraries and have books banned that might be offensive to our religions/morals/sensibilities. What's left? Uh.....
gwinnettdailypost.com:
LAWRENCEVILLE - In the fight to stay on the shelves of Gwinnett County schools, it looks like Harry Potter has won another battle.
The hearing officer in the case has strongly recommended that the best-selling book series stay in school libraries. The decision came after Laura Mallory, a Loganville mother with three children at J.C. Magill Elementary School, filed formal complaints requesting all the Harry Potter books be removed.
Mallory said the books' descriptions of witchcraft, spells, "demonic activity, murder and evil blood sacrifice" may inspire young readers to pursue occult activities.
Educators, parents and students attended a public hearing April 20 to show their support or opposition to the popular book series. Several media review panels had already ruled that the books should stay in schools.
Hearing officer Su Ellen Bray wrote in her recommendation 10 reasons why she thought the books should remain in school libraries.
She argued that they encouraged children to read for pleasure, and that most students who read them would know they were fantasy, not fact. She also said the books promoted positive themes, such as good prevailing over evil.
Her last reason summarized many of Bray's earlier points: "To remove this series of critically acclaimed and highly popular books from the school media centers because of a challenge of one parent who has not read any one of the books in its entirety, who has mistakenly identified the themes of the books, and whose main argument is that the books teach the readers to be evil, would open this very fine school system to ridicule by many of its citizens as well as citizens of this nation.
The Gwinnett Board of Education will announce its formal decision tonight at its monthly meeting. All of the school board members were given a copy of the books, a transcript of the public hearing and additional documents related to the hearing.
Historically, the board has upheld the decision of school committees and hearing officers. This has been the most recent book appeal in almost a decade, when complainants wanted to see "Ghost Camp" by R.L. Stein and "It's Not the End of the World" by Judy Blume removed from schools.
In both cases, the school board allowed the books to stay on the shelves, echoing the recommendations of the committees.