Surely you don't think that Penthouse should be allowed in the elementary school library (hint:Penthouse is banned from school libraries)? People have the right to object to material for any reason. No one is stopping anyone from reading Harry Potter. The question is whether it is appropriate for schools (see Pokemon)
Let us not attempt to split hairs. People may object to anything they wish and they should if they believe a book would have a detrimental impact on children.
I said they should not attempt to ban non-sexualized, fantasy-based books such as 'Harry Potter', where any negative influence it could have on children is truly a matter of interpretation unlike Penthouse, which is clearly and historically pornographic and requires no interpretation.
People have the right to object to material for any reason.
Yes, people do have a right to object to material for any reason. They even have a right to object to those objections.
No one is stopping anyone from reading Harry Potter.
Sure they are. Fundie parents are stopping their children from reading Harry Potter, which is all fine and good. Kudos for them for caring about their children enough to monitor, for good or ill, their reading materials. But in all honesty, there are many who would like to prevent anyone from reading Harry Potter. It is for this reason that objections to their objections are raised, and for valid free speech reasons.
The question is whether it is appropriate for schools (see Pokemon)
Harry Potter is valid literature. It displays well constructed narrative, well developed characters, clean language and a plot line suitable for young readers. The answer then is yes, it is appropriate for schools. A hyperbolic attempt to compare it to a Pokemon cartoon is invalid, as you well know.
*ding* Award this man 2,000 points.