A Georgia Mother, Laura Mallory is seeking to have the Harry Potter book series banned because it promotes witchcraft and evil practices. Now I can see how a deeply religious person may be offended by the content of the book but being offended and demanding a book be banned begins to create a very slippery slope that is the opposite of what our country is all about which is tolerance (or at least that is my ideal of my country.

If we begin to ban a book because it offends a belief of ours, where do we stop?  If a book like Ann Coulter’s recent work offends me, and parts of it does, can I get it banned?  Some people find Shakespere offensive so out that goes? A better answer might be to educate our children at home about what we feel is right and wrong. Sit down and talk to your children about the difference between fiction and non-fiction. Banning books for religious reasons sets a very bad precedent that our country has to be wary of.