Harry Bad for Kids?

Gwinnett County, Georgia, is trying to decide if they should pull Harry Potter books from library shelves because they teach "children and adults that witchcraft is OK for children."

But Lisa Eickholdt, a reading specialist at Freeman's Mill Elementary School, argued the books emphasized universal themes such as friendship, courage and good fighting evil.

"The Harry Potter series of books are not the kind of books that need to be removed," Eickholdt said. "If anything, they are the kinds of books we need more of."

No decision was made at the end of the hearing, which lasted a little more than an hour. The hearing officer, retired DeKalb school administrator Su Ellen Bray, has five days to give board members a recommendation on whether to keep the books on library shelves. The school board then will have 10 days to make a decision.

Ignorance knows no bounds.