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Is banning Harry Potter from religious private schools a thing?
Posted on 1/20/17 at 10:12 am
Posted on 1/20/17 at 10:12 am
My friends kid was forced to change on a dress up day because he came as Harry Potter and he's sort of banned. Apparently they don't have the books in the library either. He pointed out that he saw a bunch of Elsa's from Frozen at school to the administration, so he just wanted to know which types of wizardry and black arts aren't allowed. 
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Posted on 1/20/17 at 10:16 am to barry
I think it's largely not a thing.
Posted on 1/20/17 at 10:18 am to barry
I had tutors when I was little for a learning disability. When they found out I had a thatry potter book , one of them freaked out and told my parents I was learning about Satan.
This post was edited on 1/20/17 at 10:45 am
Posted on 1/20/17 at 10:18 am to barry
I'm sure it's just as prevalent as students needing safe spaces or protesting Halloween costumes. Which is to say it happens but it's just idiots.
Posted on 1/20/17 at 10:18 am to DeathValley85
I would immediately withdraw my kid from any school that did something this idiotic. They can't be trusted with providing a decent education if they think this work of fiction is the devil's work...
Posted on 1/20/17 at 10:20 am to barry
I went to an Episcopalian private school in Baton Rouge from 2nd grade on and we had Harry Potter as one of the hundreds of options on our summer reading lists in middle school.
Posted on 1/20/17 at 10:22 am to barry
Harry Potter is a metaphor for the fight between good and evil in the world. If anything, the book should be encouraged to be read by religious authorities to reinforce the idea that there is good in this world and there is evil in this world.
Posted on 1/20/17 at 10:23 am to TheCaterpillar
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I went to an Episcopalian private school in Baton Rouge from 2nd grade on
Just a shot in the dark but did y'all have "harvest festival" instead of a Halloween party?
Posted on 1/20/17 at 10:23 am to TheCaterpillar
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Episcopalian
So did I. Episcopalians are generally more lenient and common sense about things.
Other denominations not so much.
Posted on 1/20/17 at 10:24 am to barry
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private schools
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banning Harry Potter
Parents usually sign documents agreeing to these types of things before then even read them.
Posted on 1/20/17 at 10:26 am to DeathValley85
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I think it's largely not a thing.
Some ladies at trunk or treat this past year were appalled that some of the kids were dressed as Harry Potter.
Edit: It always confused me as a child
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe = cool
Harry Potter = evil
Lord of the Rings = Cool
Smurfs = evil
This post was edited on 1/20/17 at 10:28 am
Posted on 1/20/17 at 10:26 am to barry
should be to curb the queerness down
Posted on 1/20/17 at 10:28 am to colorchangintiger
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trunk or treat
Just googled this, it sounds retarded.
Posted on 1/20/17 at 10:30 am to LucasP
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Just googled this, it sounds retarded.
It's a lot safer. You can trust the christians to not put razor blades in their candy.
Posted on 1/20/17 at 10:33 am to SCLibertarian
That, and essentially that love is what saved Harry and the world. Love is the central theme.
Posted on 1/20/17 at 10:35 am to barry
People like that spell stupid with two O's
Posted on 1/20/17 at 10:37 am to barry
probably about as much of a thing as the war on christmas.
Posted on 1/20/17 at 10:40 am to barry
I have no idea if it is a thing, but it would not surprise me at all if it was. People will find something "insulting" about anything..
The mascot at my high school was/is "the green devils". There was a kid who lived a few doors down from me, whose parents (actually I think it was mostly his mom) who were big in a non denominational church so he went to a christian school. He wanted to go to HS with his friends, but his mom would not let him go to a school that had a devil as a mascot..
The mascot at my high school was/is "the green devils". There was a kid who lived a few doors down from me, whose parents (actually I think it was mostly his mom) who were big in a non denominational church so he went to a christian school. He wanted to go to HS with his friends, but his mom would not let him go to a school that had a devil as a mascot..
Posted on 1/20/17 at 10:46 am to LSUJuice
shite, you could make the case that Harry is a Jesus allegory. What with the performing of miracles and resurrecting from death. Did Aslan perform miracles?
Posted on 1/20/17 at 10:47 am to LucasP
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Just a shot in the dark but did y'all have "harvest festival" instead of a Halloween party?
St. James when I was there in 1st grade had the Halloween Carnival. I think its called Fall Carnival or something now.
Episcopal BR didn't have any Halloween festivities that I remember.
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