Celtic Soul says

the way we can respect and accomodate them is to allow them *not* to read the books, or go to the movie

That's fine in the marketplace, but what about in the schools? When my children were of school age, I wanted them to be in classrooms where their teachers could teach both evolution and the biblical story of creation, and read to them from both Harry Potter and Chronicles of Narnia. That's why we sent them to Catholic schools. But is it necessary to send our children to private schools if we want them to be exposed to controversial ideas? I admit that I've had very little experience with public schools, so I don't really know what's allowed and what's not.

I always told my kids that my greatest fear was that they would grow up to be born-again Christian Republicans. Well, they're grown up and it didn't happen. Now, if they would only get steady jobs...

-Joe Offer-

By the way, I didn't read Narnia myself. I read Screwtape Letters by Lewis and thought it was too pious, so I bypassed Narnia.