[LIT] Banning Books Still a American Tradition!

[Donna White]

Our librarian mentioned a movement again this series also.  She said the
first ones were not supposed to be so blatantly opposed to religion but the
most current one is?  I have not read them and know nothing about them, but
there must definitely be some kind of movement going on there too.

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[mailto:lit-bounces at literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of Heather Poland
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Oh my gosh! That is horrible!! I can't believe he was fired! I wonder if the
union is doing anything about it? And I agree - it really makes me mad when
people want to ban things without reading them.

I was forwarded an email about the movie The Golden Compass (which is of
course one of my all time favorite books),  and it was saying not to let
your kids watch it or read it because it was against religion. This was also
posted on a chatboard and a lot of the parents based their whole decision
off of this one opinion - without having read it! And even though at the