Article 5VSYZ Tennessee pastor leads burning of Harry Potter and Twilight novels

Tennessee pastor leads burning of Harry Potter and Twilight novels

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Maya Yang
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The livestreamed event drew large crowds, who cheered as books deemed demonic' by pastor Greg Locke went up in flames

A controversial Tennessee pastor led a book burning on Wednesday night to fight demonic influences", with a crowd incinerating copies of books including Harry Potter and Twilight.

The burning, which was livestreamed on Facebook, followed last month's decision by a Tennessee school district to ban the Holocaust-based graphic novel Maus.

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