If they removed all books with reference to witches, they would have to remove the Bible too. I guess she forgot that the Bible has a few witches in it, like Jezebel and the woman in Ein Dor.
the last time i checked, the bible was darker and tons more violent than any harry potter novel. this woman brought up the whole thing with school shootings, because it's a sensitive issue that is currently in the news. from what i gather, she's a person who pushs her own agenda by pushing buttons. fearmongering, i think it's called. man, i bet her kids are so embarrassed right now! like, shut UP, mom LOL.
I am not going to say if I agree or disagree with her because I don't enjoy talking about my religion or my politics in forums like this. I will say this - I am from Atlanta. I went to school with this woman and she was one of the meanest girls in middle school I knew. She use to make me cry in gym class. I hope she is teaching her children not to be cruel to other kids as well as whatever else she is teaching them. It is a lesson that would have served her well.
I remember reading The Giver in the sixth grade, and I went to a Catholic school. I thought it was a pretty good book, and I think he did missunderstand the message, alot.What drives me crazy about people who condemn books is that these same people often never read the very books that they are against! A couple of years ago, when I was taking my Adolescent Literature course for my teaching credential, we read a book titled The Giver, which is a condemnation of a society that has become overzealous with creating a utopia. One priest started a campaign against the book to ban it from Catholic schools, because he believed the author was advocating abortion and euthanasia for achieving a perfect society. I don't understand how he could possibly missunderstand the author's message, but he did.
Unfortunately, some people will never "get" literature.