Roman Catholic school board removes book because it was written by an atheist. Yet public libraries still carry the Narnia books. Fair?

A Roman Catholic school board in Ontario ordered the popular fantasy book "The Golden Compass" taken off library shelves at dozens of schools Thursday after receiving a complaint about the author referring to himself as an atheist.

Big deal. Why would it make any difference what the religious persuasion was of an author, so long as the book was good.

I mean it is not like the guy wrote the book to turn children away form Christianity or anything.

Pullman has made provocative statements in the past, telling the Washington Post in 2001 that he was "trying to undermine the basis of Christian belief."

Oh.

Well I still think that the children should be allowed to make their own choices in reading material.

You know this book was just made into a movie, I might have to go and check it out. Sounds like my kind of film.