Argumentative Essay: The Banning Of Books In Schools

I actually had not heard, or realized how there was (is?) so much controversy and censorship either applied or attempted by persons regarding J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series of books. While searching this topic, most of those against these books are either parents who are citing religious reasons or churches themselves that are against the books because of the subject matter of witchcraft and sorcery, which is something that is against the teachings of the bible. Parents are fearful and believed that these books were encouraging children to join the occult and witchcraft rituals. “ A parent in Arab, AL asked the Board of Ed to remove the Potter books from school libraries and accelerated reading programs. Stating that she was speaking on behalf of other Christians, she charged that J. K. Rowling was a member of the occult and that her books encourage children to practice witchcraft. “It was a mistake …show more content…
Parents Against Bad Books In Schools or PABBIS is one such group. It is not all doom and gloom, fortunately, there are groups of booksellers, librarians, publishers, teachers, writers, and citizens that are fighting against those who would ban these books. "Muggles for Harry Potter is fighting for the right of students and teachers to use the best books that are available for children, even when some parents object," Christopher Finan, president of the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, said. "The Potter books are helping turn video game players into readers. We can't allow censorship to interfere with that." (Muggles For Harry Potter). These groups of supporters against censorship are fighting throughout the world to have a voice for those who are opposed to censorship and want to keep religious zealots from banning and removing these as well as other books that are being targeted by these groups. Censorship in any form is