I mean, someone must've been there to ban Harry Potter, dissolve the BGLT alliances, and force creation myths into my high school science curriculum, right? If they've got that kind of time and energy to waste on purifying my morality then, you'd think they'd be trying to annoy me now that I'm outside of public school.
0_0 And I thought Toronto was fairly liberal. If someone tried to do these kinds of things at Montreal, a mob would probably get him, chop him in little peaces, use them to make tourtière and I would gladly take a slice.
Metro Toronto, sure. One of the most left leaning areas in the country - it's where I went to University and where most of my family lives. I'm about half and hour away from there, in Durham region.
Here, from Wikipedia's article on the Harry Potter controversy - to give you an idea.
n 2000, The Public Library system of Jacksonville, Florida was faced with a lawsuit from conservative Christian group Liberty Counsel of Orlando after they began awarding "Hogwarts’ Certificate of Accomplishment" to young readers who completed the fourth Harry Potter novel, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. One parent complained that "If they are going to pass out witchcraft certificates they should also promote the Bible and pass out certificates of righteousness".[78] The lawsuit was averted after the Library agreed to stop awarding the certificate.[81] That same year, Carol Rookwood, headmistress of St Mary's Island Church of England Aided School in Chatham, Kent, England, banned the books from school grounds, saying that, "The Bible is very clear and consistent in its teachings that wizards, devils and demons exist and are very real, powerful and dangerous, and God's people are told to have nothing to do with them".[82] In response, the chairman of the Church of England's doctrine commission, Stephen Sykes, said, "The Church's position is that magic and sorcery are contrary to the Christian religion, Mrs Rookwood is absolutely right. [But] children who are capable of reading Harry Potter could be told not to take witchcraft seriously, or might even realise that for themselves".[83] In July 2000, Birkenhead Primary School in Auckland, New Zealand placed a ban on the Harry Potter novels being read aloud by teachers in class after parental complaints regarding the books' supposedly occult content. However, the ban was lifted after a number of students and parents complained.[84] Also in 2000, Christian parents complained to the school board in Durham Region, Ontario about Harry Potter, and managed to get the books removed from school library shelves. The books were reinstated after a public outcry.[85]
I was happily part of the outcry. I recall this in particularly because my sister was among those inspired into literature through Harry Potter after only having a passing interest. She was gravely disheartened when her teacher was mandated to stop her reading it for a book report or something. The creation myths in science class and the banning of the LGBT groups were similarly revoked after 2-3 years of absolutely stupid discourse. It was a passing thing, I would probably have forgotten about it entirely if I wasn't among those who were obligated to reverse it.
I still remember the air of absolute antipathy my science teacher had when she was handing out these stupid stories. Going off to the corner of the room to hide her face in her arms, refusing to answer any questions regarding the material for three completely unproductive days. We were learning about the nature of electrons before that, and went on to astronomy afterwards. My heart went out to her. My English teacher who supervised the LGBT united group could have been described as having gone nuclear, and she wasn't exactly the most soothing of persons to begin with.
