Religious Objections to HP

Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer pennylin at swbell.net
Sun Dec 31 01:39:10 UTC 2000


No: HPFGUIDX 8161

Hi --

Kathleen Kelly MacMillan wrote:

> I suppose this may be one of those obscure things that only librarians
> read, but there was a very eloquent article recently in Horn Book
> Magazine by Kimbra Wilder Gish about the religious objections to HP.
> (Of course, it still didn't explain why some people feel they have the
> right to decide what other people's children can and cannot read, but
> that's another issue.)  Anyway, if you think it would be helpful I
> would be happy to fax you a copy (they don't have it on their website,
> unfortunately)

Thanks Kathy!  If you'd rather not incur long-distance fax charges, just
tell me what issue it's in.  The Houston Public Library gets Horn Book
magazine, and I have reason to go there for my research fairly
frequently.

Penny



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