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Woman Loses Case To Get Potter Off Shelves
May 29, 2007
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -- The chronicles of Harry Potter will remain in county school libraries in Georgia after a judge Tuesday rejected a woman's plea to have the books removed. In seeking their removal from school book shelves, Laura Mallory of Loganville argued that the Harry Potter series is harmful to children and promoted the occult and witchcraft, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Tuesday. "I've done the best I can with all of this", Mallory said after the hearing before Gwinnett Superior Judge Ronnie Batchelor. She said she may take her case to a federal court. Since she launched her anti-Potter crusade in 2005, Mallory has taken her case -- and lost -- to the school where her children attend, the Gwinnett County Board of Education and the Georgia Board of Education. Mallory -- who said she hasn't read any books in the series -- based her arguments partly on testimonials and Internet articles by conservative Christian authors she's posted on her Web site. 
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