Laura Mallory fails again
A judge in Gwinnett County, Georgia ruled on Tuesday that the Potter books can stay in school libraries (after local concerned parent Laura Mallory tried once again to have them banned from schools and libraries). After all of these attempts in court, Mallory has finally admitted she may "need a whole new case from the ground up."

Thanks to everyone who e-mailed with the tip!
Posted by Andrew on May 30th | 445 Comments
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Posted by horcruxmaniac May 31st 2007

Mallory has no case to build a new one!!!!!!!


Posted by DIEVOLDEMORT May 31st 2007

haha OWNED! wat a noob


Posted by DIEVOLDEMORT May 31st 2007

haha OWNED! wat a noob


Posted by july21tillhp7 May 31st 2007

callin her a noob is stupid.... this isnt a video game lol


Posted by Ithilwen May 31st 2007

*laughs. hysterically* Us evil peoples shall win in the end!!!! lol


Posted by LordVoldemort44 May 31st 2007

She is stupid there is no case! She has to be related to Umbridge! Why can't kids read what they want with out adults budding in?


Posted by elbi_hpotter May 31st 2007

what is the matter with the Harry Potter books?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!NOTHI NG!!! Nobody is ever going to agree with her! What is her problem?


Posted by MiracleMira May 31st 2007

"a whole new case " ha like she ever had one . Some people will never learn.


Posted by James_Padfoot May 31st 2007

*raises an eyebrow* And this is news how?


Posted by Heiress_of_Insanity May 31st 2007

About time you realized too! It seems that, once again, good triumphed over evil![/ENDLAMEJOKE]


Posted by Phoenix_Gal May 31st 2007

Yay! she lost again woot! she can try and try again but she will not sucssed and i totaly agree with you FlightyTemptress it's the most stupid case in all history. She should quit before she does something really stupid. I sent a message onto her site and i think religoun has gone to her head cos she sent me a while load of bull about how saitain made us read the book pmsl. We have out own minds we choose to read the book. Next she will be shouting in the streets that the world is gonna end. Man she is sooo stupid she aint making a difference, she is so full of religoun that she doest know what makes a difference, shes just embarricing herself.


Posted by jens May 31st 2007

I dont know if anyone said this already but if she's quoting lines out of the book does that mean that she has read some of it??? Just wondering!


Posted by Witchy_Woman May 31st 2007

HAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahahahahahahahahahahahah ahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahaha!!!! You suck.


Posted by 62442 May 31st 2007

I actually took a poll at my school to see who had read the books, and out of anyone who colud fall into the catagory of "turning ito a whitch or goth or emo etc..." only about 3-4 of 30 have read the books,


Posted by maze May 31st 2007

She just want cheap publicity.She picked Harry Potter cos it's well known world wide.I will never stop my children from reading them. Now I have 1 set for reading and I will buy another set for keeps. She really need her head check. She's a crack case!!!


Posted by Witchy_Woman May 31st 2007

Okay, now that I have calmed down I can be a bit more eloquent about this. This lady is off her nut. I mean really!! She can't win this. She's just an unducated, holier than thou, mad old cow. What does she think she can do?


Posted by Kareen May 31st 2007

Is there really any surprise to be found in this? Honestly? Duh no! And her whole "need a whole new case" thing? Total joke! When is she gonna realize that no matter what BS she comes up with its not gonna work!


Posted by Gryffindorprefect May 31st 2007

Laura Mallory, GET A LIFE AND LET IT GO!!!! I mean seriously, no where in the books does it advise people to go out and try to learn magic. There is no forward at the beginning of the books or anything at the end from J.K. saying "Alright everyone, now go become wizards and witches and raise chaos!" I don't understand this Mallory lady! I'm a Christian and I am not in the least offended by any of the books yet. Sheesh lady, go save a rain forest or something.


Posted by vigilance06 May 31st 2007

she needs to give up! seriously ... i agree 100 percent with gryffindorprefect's comment. "go save a rain forest or something," because obviously taking HP out of school libraries isn't working!


Posted by DAthrunthru May 31st 2007

OMG THIS IS LIKE THE BEST NEWS EVER. I LIVE IN FLORIDA AND I WAS IN ROLANDO OVER THE LONG WEEKEND AND MY AND MY COUSIN WERE COMMENTING ON HOW COOL IT WOULD BE IF THEY OPENED A HARRY POTTER PARK... IM GETTING ANNUAL PASSES.......NOW EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE NO MORE BOOKS I CAN HAVE THE HARRY POTTER WORLD IN MY BACKYARD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Posted by GambitLeBeau May 31st 2007

"Mallory has finally admitted she may "need a whole new case from the ground up." How can you "need a whole new case" when you never had a case in the first place? Sorry, but being legally retarded is NOT a case for banning a book.


Posted by Zyzyx May 31st 2007

NOW LOOK AT THIS: THESE ARE THE TRANSLATIONS FOR THE DH: Croatian: Harry Potter i sveci smrtnici (”Mortal Saints”) Dutch: Harry Potter en het Fatale Heiligdom (”Deathly Sanctuary”) Estonian: Harry Potter ja Surmap hakud (”Saints of Death”) Finnish: Harry Potter ja kuoleman pyhimykset (”The Saints of Death”) French: Harry Potter et les saints mortuaires/mortels (”Deathly/Mortal Saints”) German: Harry Potter und die todbringenden Heiligen (”Deathly Saints”) Hebrew: Harry Potter ve Ruchot Hamavet (”Spirits of Death”) Italian: Harry Potter e il rito mortale (”Deathly Ritual”) Portuguese: Harry Potter e os Santos Mortuários (Portuguese, “Deathly Saints”) Romanian: Harry Potter si Ingerii Mortii (”Angels of Death”) Serbian: Hari Poter i Smrtonosni Blagoslovi (''Deathly Blessing'') Spanish: Harry Potter y los santos de la muerte (”Saints of Death”) Turkish: Harry Potter ve Olumcul Takdis (Turkish, “Deathly Blessing”) So what can we make out of this? Croatian, Estonian, French, Finnish, German, Portuguese and Spanish translations clearly state that DH are people! ''DEATHLY SAINTS''. The Hebrew translation isn't to much off the pace with the translation of ''SPIRITS OF DEATH'' because the ''Saints'' are probably dead so maybe we could call them ''SPIRITS''. But let's look at the other titles... What's up with the Dutch translation the ''DEATHLY SANCTUARY'', that can't be a person, it is either a temple or shrine or something like that, thus a building or place. Furthermore, the Italian ''ANGELS OF DEATH'' seems a bit off. And the identical Serbian and Turkish translation, the ''DEATHLY BLESSING'' which could probably refer to a spell or curse or some other ACTION. And to fire things up even more, Jo threw the ''Relics of Death'' into play. Relics, RELICS = OBJECTS. And now the big question... If the titles will match the plot as it should be (I really can't imagine that an Italian reader will read the ''ANGELS OF DEATH'' and find no such angels in the book) how will ...


Posted by korey1979 May 31st 2007

I live in Georgia and am glad to see that the people I elect to run this state aren't radical extremist Christians.....and that my children will be able to enjoy this series in SCHOOL


Posted by lizziethedog May 31st 2007

why does that women want the Harry Potter books out of school libraries.??????????????? ????????????????????????? ?????????????????The kids just love Harry Potter that they just cant stop thinking about him.And they want to be like him so much.....


Posted by seamusshaw May 31st 2007

Is she at it again?! That woman just gives all us Christians a bad name. To bad she can't use her time fighting something evil, such as A.I.D.S. or Voldemort.


Posted by Shmookness May 31st 2007

I am appauled and shocked at how all you are behaving towards this woman. And you wonder why she hates all the Harry Potter fans. Please, show some love, people. I understand the situation is frustrating and it angers you, but must you be as bad as her and take things to the next level? You are being as bad as her if you say all these horrible things about her. I don't hate her, I just think she has some issues. You need to straighten your acts up and show her what a REAL Harry Potter fan is like. The more you bash and complain the more she has a reason to ban the books. Shame on all of you for your ignorancy and stupidty.


Posted by hedwig101 May 31st 2007

Ban the Harry Potter books?! Boy would I like to have a good whack at her!


Posted by bella_rox_4eva May 31st 2007

Ha! Take that evil moron! Why did she think people turned Wiccan because of the Harry Potter series? Honestly! Has she ever heard of such a thing as a FANTASY SERIES? Either she has or she's just a complete idiot...


Posted by AnyaMarcos May 31st 2007

"shes making up all this crap about 100 kids month turning into witchs,emos,goths,depress ed cause off harry potter!"........Ha! More likely the kids are turning into all those things because they're so embarrassed that their moms are idiot Fundies.


Posted by mars_neptune_jupiter May 31st 2007

lmao how much you want to bet that new case of hers from the ground up will be trying to ban Harry Potter from the world? She's so stupid and weird.


Posted by gryffindor_gurl May 31st 2007

This woman reminds me of Umbridge when she banned the quibbler and students just wanted to read it more!


Posted by Shmookness May 31st 2007

Wow.. It really surprises me how you all live like this. Is the whole world like this? Once someone hurts you, you hurt them back? I try not to be that way. PLEASE, give me a break people. A break from the cruelty of this world. You are not true Harry Potter fans. Have you even read the books and taken in the deeper meaning of them? Fight hate with love. She hates you so you must hate back? Is there any logic in that? What good comes of it? More hate comes of it. More anger. More disasters. More things like this. She could come onto MuggleNet and see all the nasty things you type about her. You are forgetting one thing and that she is a human being and she has feelings too. I love Harry Potter, don't get me wrong, but for one thing Harry Potter is not going away, and another thing if it's not, why bash her like this? Why put her down? Because you think you are better than her? That is gross. You are not better than any other person or any other living thing. You could be Laura Mallory herself. How would you feel? She has a reason for doing all this and even though it is a crazy idea and she is fighting a losing battle, do not think yourself better than her and do not put her down. For Nirvana's sake stop behaving like you have no compassion for another human being who is obviously, in her mind, trying to do the right thing. What you have to do is prove her wrong, but in the most calm, nice, and intelligent manner. There is no need for all this bashing and critisizing. Grow up and be an adult and be the Harry Potter fans that you really are.


Posted by xxILoveFred_Geroge_Ron May 31st 2007

omg i know!! SHE should be BANNED from EVERYTHING! if she doesn't like anything, then why is she living? I mean, if nothing suits her, then i don't see why she's still alive. GO DIE STUPID WOMEN!!! GRR!!


Posted by Shmookness May 31st 2007

xxILoveFred_Geroge_Ron What you said is extremely rude and so was many other people's comments. How would you feel if someone told you to go and die? How would you feel? Please, this is just nonsense. I feel like there is no hope for the world when people say things like that, but I must keep trying.


Posted by Shmookness May 31st 2007

I understand where Mallory is coming from. There was the same thing about The Matrix but something bad actually DID happen with those movies. I don't see the same thing happening with Harry Potter. I knew this person who thought the Matrix was real and things like that happen. Someone out there could think Harry Potter is real, but I think they do little harm compared to other books. She could have had someone close to her have some sort of terrinle episode with Harry Potter and maybe that is why she is taking it so far. Don't say things about someone you know very little about.


Posted by Mnemone07 May 31st 2007

Kudos to Shmookness! This makes me a bit of a hypocrite, but what you said is right on. In a pathetic defense of myself and others, the imbecility Mallory so blatantly demonstrates is extremely frustrating, and instills in us an unfortunate lack of tact in our reactions. But no excuses- you are absolutely right, and it is we who should be setting the example, not deluded fanatics who claim to know what God wants of us. I am no prophet, but I think I can safely say that He would not approve of the cruelty and derision we have been showing her. Thank you.


Posted by Shmookness May 31st 2007

I can't possibly sit here all day and read all your comments but so far only very few people have stood up for her. There are other subjects I want to touch on, but I have stuff to do. I will come back later. Thank you so much for agreeing with me Mnemone07, and I deeply appreciate it and maybe we can get more people to see what the right thing to do is.


Posted by maki May 31st 2007

I just DONT UNDERSTAND HER! she has no right to do this! this is a responsability for every parent. not her! really I once sent her a very long, NICE message to her webpage thingy and I never got a reply! and believe me I was really nice and I was just giving an opinion and even complimented her...but NO! she surely ignored it and it pisses me off! then why do you have that message thing for??! to tell you "yeah you're right about everything"...at first I didn't hate her, I actually wished I could help her see the reality...and I got the chance to, but Im SOOO sure they ignored my message. That's why I can't stand her.


Posted by lacicake May 31st 2007

And you know, this woman has admitted that she has never read the book!!! How can you even form an argument about something if you're not informed?!? Argh.


Posted by Ravenclawswisdom May 31st 2007

Shmookness, I agree that some of these comments are out of hand. I also admit that my comment about her wasn't so good. But you have to admit she's a bit aggravating, at least to me, and I don't have anything against her personally, just what she's using her persistance for. There are many worthy causes that need that sort of persistance, yet she chooses to use her ability for something that doesn't need it, in my opinion.


Posted by Shmookness May 31st 2007

You are exactly right, but to me a person's feelings are more important than a book. I take great offense when people say "Why doesn't she just kill herself?" That is so incredibly, disgustingly, rude to me because I deal with depression everyday and it makes me think I should go kill myself because they are tossing away life like it is not the precious thing that it is. I have also tried to kill myself before so anyway. The point is, if some people on here can be tender hearted and control themselves, you can. I just think it's disgusting for all of you to sit here and call her names when you could be doing the exact same thing she is doing and you don't even know her whole story. You are simply being hypocrites. You know nothing of her so you bash her. She knows nothing of Harry Potter so she bashes it. I am guilty of being a hypocrite myself, but I try to fix the problem instead of point the finger at someone else, even though I have done that too. I try to fix my issues and problems like that, for I am a living thing and I make mistakes. I realize what I do is wrong and try to make it right. I understand she frustrates you but it does not mean to should treat her like garbage like you all of you are doing now. Like I have said she is human being just like you and she has feelings so watch what you say. I know what she isa doing is insanity but we must always be nice and polite and show her kindness NO MATTER WHAT. But sometimes there are curcumstances that do not abide by that rule. Also, maki it really surprises me how you don't realize that she is just like you and she has a busy life of her own and can't sit at her computer all day reading e-mails, especially if they are from people bashing her and complaining about her.


Posted by Patronus May 31st 2007

hooray. :D... she makes us Christians look bad. i promise we're not all like that.


Posted by AdrianTresk May 31st 2007

I certainly hope by now that she is having to dip into her own pockets to pay for all of this court time. Simple things like this always end up costing thousands of dollars at a time. If I were one of the tax payers in that region and I was being forced into contributing my well earned money to forward this one womans warped crusade I would be, in a word: MURDEROUS. Luckily I live in the UK and so my taxes are put to all other types of use ... Nearly all of which I don't support nor do I want anything to do with ... Ugh ... Here comes that feeling again!


Posted by Shmookness May 31st 2007

I tried to read all the people's comments but it was a drag reading all of them. Everyone practically said the same thing and there were a few people here and there who see that she is a human being just like us and not some gum on the bottom of your shoe. I only got to the second page when I realized how disappointed I am to be a human, but everyday I am disappointed to be one. It's like there is no compassion left in this world, but I guess certain people like you say this Mallory makes you feel no compassion for her, but you must try and find it in you to have some for her. In the end, we all have to live in peace and harmony but it's our differnces that draw us apart and make us hate each other and I wonder why that is.. Just because one person like classical music and the other person like heavy metal, it does not mean you should hate each other (just trying to think of an example) on the contrary, you might have a lot in common. You do not know this Mallory lady personally, so I suggest you all hush up. I would gladly give up my Harry Potter book just so she could be happy. Why? Because her happiness means more to me than my happiness. But I am going to do some research on her and I suggest you all do the same.


Posted by chillcat May 31st 2007

How many freakin times is she going to try? Argh! you know, she's ACTUALLY "SINNING" HER OWN IDEAS OF "OMG HARRY POTTER BOOKS PROMOTE WITCH CRAFT" I mean, the only person she's convinced is thinking htat is herself and her stupid world in a box...


Posted by Startori May 31st 2007

Well, I can't agree with Mrs. Mallory or condone bashing her. I do think she could give some of the money she's using to fight the right to read what we want to a worthier cause such as restoring prayer in school or helping out kids in 3rd world countries. Priorities, children. Use moderation in everything you do or say.


Posted by chillcat May 31st 2007

Well, I will sympasize her for worrying about people who go goth or emo reading POTTER. Maybe someone close to her became goth becaue they read the books...I dunno, don't get me wrong, her life story is the last thing I would like to hear mentioned, and I don't give a blahblahblah for her life. but...this is actually somethingvery interesting guys: what's her REASON for being like this? this is even offending christians around the globe, or something like that...=\ Now, if this is for publicity, I will certainly become very convinced that she is nothing but a greedy *BLEEP*


Posted by SomebodyElse May 31st 2007

uhh, people . . . like, calm down, okay? Maybe you don't agree with Laura Mallory, but really, all she's trying to do is defend her religion. I'm Christian too, and I don't think HP is evil witchcraft propaganda and JKR is the spawn of the devil, and I also disagree with banning books on principle. If we can let her hate HP, and she can let us love it, maybe we can all just get along. It's wrong to try to keep kids from reading books, but it's also wrong to attack someone with words you would NEVER say to their face, and to show tolerance we have to extend it. If we show that, as HP fans, we are still capable of behaving civilly, that might make her have a higher opinion of HP than if we tear her to pieces.


Posted by Shmookness May 31st 2007

There is nothing wrong with being gothic/emo. Most gothic/emo people are really nice. I am one of them. But I would like to know what her reason is for wanting so badly to get these books of the shelves. I mentioned it before.


Posted by SomebodyElse May 31st 2007

Shmookness: you have some very good points. The reason she wants them off the shelves is she's afraid kids are going to pick them up, read them, and be inspired to join a coven so they can levitate things like Harry can. And who knows? Maybe some kids are, and I can kinda see what her point is. But banning books that teach the difference between right and wrong, friendship, self-sacrifice, etc., isn't going to solve the world's problems.






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