Werewolf Rights Legislation Proposed Five Years After the of the Battle of Hogwarts
By: Erin Thompson, Columnist, Daily Prophet
In an unexpected and controversial call to action, the Deputy Head of Magical Law Enforcement and Junior Speaker to the Wizengamot Miss. Hermione Jean Granger (Order of Merlin First Class) has introduced a bill on the Wizengamot floor that would ban job discrimination against half breed creatures such as half vampires, half giants, werewolves, centaurs, and merepeople.
The bill makes special mention of werewolves, stating that the employers of such creatures would no longer have to display that they have a werewolf working on the premises.
The bill, entitled the Anti-Werewolf Discrimination Act and nicknamed the Lupin Doctrine had made its way through committee and will be debated in the Wizengamot on Thursday.
As expected, the bill has caused uproar in the wizarding community.
Greg Aldren, a local broom shop owner commented on the issue, "Why can't ordinary people not be informed that there is a damn lyco on at the restaurant they are eating at with their family? People have to be informed that there is a dark creature around their children!"
Nancy De Winter agreed, "My god, what next? If we let this through they'll be saying that we have to let wolves live in the same neighborhoods as us!"
It should be mentioned that this is not the first time that Granger has tried to get legistlation that crimmanalizes discrimination against werewolves passed. She first tried three years ago and was memorably laughed out of a subcommittee meeting.
Many are shocked that the bill was able to pass though the lower branches of the legislature.
"Look, I think that Lupin fellow was nice." Earl Morgan said at Tom's Pub, "But are we going to let lycos into our children's schools just cause one of them wasn't a psycho?"
It remains to be seen whether the bill will gather enough support to make it though the House. Notably, Harry Potter has thrown his support behind the bill. Some wonder if that will be enough to push a bill as controversial as this though the Wizengamot.
UPDATE:
The bill was defeated in a vote, 17-83.