Re: [LM_NET] THE GOLDEN COMPASS, Scholastic, The Catholic League

[Paula Yohe <paula_yohe@YAHOO.COM>]

Perhaps of interest


http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/religion/a/golden_compass.htm

http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/g/golden-compass.htm



--- "Kiszewski, Jacquelyn"
<jacquelyn.kiszewski@PEARSON.COM> wrote:

> I have just received this Press Release regarding
> THE GOLDEN COMPASS,
> Scholastic, and The Catholic League.
>  
>  
> Scholastic Pressed on 'The Golden Compass' -- No
> More Ventures with
> Pullman Sought
>  
> Contact: Kiera M. McCaffrey, Director of
> Communications, Catholic League
> for Religious and Civil Rights
> <http://www.catholicleague.org/> ,
> 212-371-3191, catalyst@catholicleague.org 
>  
> NEW YORK, Nov. 13 /Christian Newswire
> <http://www.christiannewswire.com/> / -- Catholic
> League president Bill
> Donohue wrote the following letter to Scholastic
> Corporation CEO Richard
> Robinson; copies of the letter were also sent to all
> the bishops and
> school superintendents in the Catholic community.
> Here is the body of
> Donohue's letter to Robinson:
>  
> As someone who spent 20 years in education, I am
> aware of Scholastic's
> stellar reputation. This is all the more reason why
> I am profoundly
> disturbed by Scholastic's role in co-producing "The
> Golden Compass." It
> is not the movie, per se, that is the problem, it is
> the book-and the
> other volumes that comprise His Dark Materials-that
> is the issue. 
>  
> The author of these books, Philip Pullman, does not
> disguise his hatred
> of Christianity, especially the Roman Catholic
> Church. Why, then, would
> Scholastic be associated with such bigotry? As
> pointed out in our
> booklet on "The Golden Compass," producing such a
> movie would seem to
> violate Scholastic's own Credo, one part of which
> says, "To help build a
> society free of prejudice and hate, and dedicated to
> the highest quality
> of life in community and nation." Moreover,
> Scholastic professes a
> belief in "High moral and spiritual values,"
> something which surely
> sounds odd given the Pullman connection.
>  
> Christians need to be convinced that Scholastic will
> never again work
> with militant atheists who have an animus against
> their religion.
> Catholics, in particular, want to be certain that
> purchasing Scholastic
> materials does not indirectly fund campaigns against
> them. To this end,
> we look for Scholastic to pledge that in the event a
> movie version of
> Pullman's other two books, The Subtle Knife and The
> Amber Spyglass, is
> launched, it will have nothing to do with them. This
> would reassure
> Christians that the "Golden Compass" venture was an
> anomaly.
>  
> Contact Kyle Good, Vice President, Corporate
> Communications and Media
> Relations, kgood@scholastic.com 
>  
>  
>  
> J.A.E. Kiszewski
> Competitive & Market Intelligence, School
> Pearson 
> 201.236.5524
> 201. 236.6561 (fax)
> jacquelyn.kiszewski@pearson.com
> <mailto:jacquelyn.kiszewski@pearson.com>
> 
>  
>  
> 
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Dillon School District Two
405 West Washington Street
Dillon, SC 29536
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