March 5, 2008
Neighbouring Catholic school boards decide differently
The Toronto Star reports that while the Halton Catholic District School Board is keeping The Golden Compass off its shelves, the neighbouring Peel-Dufferin Catholic District School Board will return the entire trilogy to its libraries but with a cautionary notes indicating that the story “in no way represent the reality of the Roman Catholic Church.” The Peel-Dufferin review board consisted of parents, students, and teachers who decided that the books should indeed be available to students. The Halton school board on the other hand ordered its principals not to distribute a Scholastic book catalog in which His Dark Materials was available. In the province of Ontario, these publicly administered Catholic schools are funded with taxpayers’ money. Read more.
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pineapple says:
theyre doing exactly as the book points out. denying free will. they should allow people to read it and make up their own minds about religion rather than blocking them out from any other option.
March 6, 2008 10:21 am | link
macky says:
pineapples right…tht sounds stupid 
i woz brought up religious n i h8ed havin it force on me….also the book is a fiction story incase all these dumasses didnt realise…its not real, so why prosecute it ffs
March 6, 2008 8:32 pm | link
I do not understand what the problem is.
I was brought up religious, and I read the books and found them quite enjoyable. If C.S. Lewis is free to write about Jesus as a tiger. Then why cant Pullman write about an impostor God. Not all religious people are not responsible for all the controversy about this movie.
March 6, 2008 7:46 am | link