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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15127464/

Bad Harry Potter

A suburban county that sparked a public outcry when its libraries temporarily eliminated funding for Spanish-language fiction is now being asked to ban Harry Potter books from its schools.

Laura Mallory, a mother of four, told a hearing officer for the Gwinnett County Board of Education on Tuesday that the popular fiction series is an "evil" attempt to indoctrinate children in the Wicca religion.

Bad Hispanics

In June, the county's library board eliminated the $3,000 that had been set aside to buy Spanish-language fiction in the coming fiscal year. One board member said the move came after some residents objected to using taxpayer dollars to entertain readers who might be illegal immigrants.

 

[Secret Squirrel]

omfg......I quit.

 

[valve bouncer]

My local library has quite a good selection of English books, which they are constantly adding to and up-dating. It's a great resource and much appreciated by the English speakers in the town. I imagine the ending of funding for English books in my town for no good reason would lead to quite a deal of resentment. While $3000 isn't much I'm sure the Spanish speakers in that town appreciate being able to go to a library and find books in their language. Only the most horrible kind of small minded bigot would find that objectionable.

 

[DRB]

My local library has quite a good selection of English books, which they are constantly adding to and up-dating. It's a great resource and much appreciated by the English speakers in the town. I imagine the ending of funding for English books in my town for no good reason would lead to quite a deal of resentment. While $3000 isn't much I'm sure the Spanish speakers in that town appreciate being able to go to a library and find books in their language. Only the most horrible kind of small minded bigot would find that objectionable.

I'm also sure there is no value to those learning Spanish to have access to those books

Oops I missed part of the quote from the article though. They did reverse the decision a bit later because it might come off as anti-Hispanic.

 

[Silver]

Only the most horrible kind of small minded bigot would find that objectionable.

Where I live we call those people voters...

 

[BurlyShirley]

Where I live we call those people voters...

Do you REALLY want to hear people speaking spanish though? Ick.