Religion in US, UK, Hogwarts Schools (was I saw (more than) three ships ...

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Janet Anderson" 
<norek_archives2 at h...> wrote:
> Pippin suggests:
> 
> >  I've sometimes wondered if religion hasn't  been forced 
underground
> >in the Wizarding World the way magic has in the Muggle world. 
Maybe
> >wizards celebrate Christmas and name godparents the way many 
people
> >celebrate Hallowe'n or choose a May queen, with no idea that it 
ever
> >had any spiritual content whatsoever.  And just as there are a few
> >Muggles who are aware of the magical world, perhaps there are a 
few
> >wizards to whom religion is still important. Maybe one of the 
reasons
> >Harry's christening was such a  small affair was that his parents 
and
> >Sirius were among those few.
> 
> I do not think this is the case, because in the Wizarding World 
(unlike, as 
> far as I know, the real world) the status of "godfather" has legal 
standing. 
>   A godfather counts as a legal guardian, able to sign a 
permission form for 
> his ward, even though the godfather is a wanted fugitive at the 
time.  And 
> if Sirius hadn't gone to Azkaban, Harry would have been able to 
live with 
> him under wizarding law.
> 
> 
> Janet Anderson


I wouldn't be too sure of that. Harry felt sure that Sirius' letter 
would be "good enough for Dumbledore", but what DD considers good 
enough for himself and what is legal in the WW is not always 
coincide. In fact, I'd say it not OFTEN coincides.  

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