Well, this link pretty much sums it nicely, even if it is from WorldNetDaily (first link handy from google). Even snopes.com has an article about it.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=58341
Pullman is an avowed atheist whose goals are to essentially destroy Christianity. I’m not even a Christian technically, but the thought of that gives me chills.
And what he tries to teach kids, with homosexual angels, and pleasures of the body!
Unbelievable.
I think I'll pass on it. Partly because FormerACLUmember gave it such an entertaining and persuasive thumbs down. Mostly because my dollars might work against the spiritual interests of our kids.
After posting my questions, I found The Golden Compass' Spurs Controversy, which prepared me nicely for rom's link.
. . . groups such as the Catholic League for Religious and Spiritual Rights don't agree, and say while the film is notably more "watered down" than Pullman's books are, both are still highly "anti-Christian and pro-atheist."
"Our fear is the parents who don't know what's actually in these books and don't learn about it from the film may think [the books] are great stocking stuffers for their kids on Christmas morning," Kiera McCaffrey, the spokesperson for the Catholic League, told ABC News.
"Every single religious character is a terror in these books," said McCaffrey. "There isn't one who isn't. And the heroes of the book – the children – are taught that churches are all the same and that they obliterate good feelings."