davem, you are directly contradicting things you said on three different threads I can think of: "What breaks the enchantment", "And Eru Smiled", and "Emblems of Religion don't belong in fantasy - or do they".
Do you hold with your most recent post, or with what you said earlier?
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While she has presented her Witches & Wizards in a positive light, she is not actually presenting true Witches at all.
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As you said, it's a work of fantasy.
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Her greatest 'sin' in this regard has been in not placing her 'magic-users' within a philosophical/religious tradition.
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Does religion now belong in fantasy?
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Christians seek to ban the HP books. They are not trying to ban Witchcraft, because they have no real idea what Witchcraft actually is - they confuse/conflate it (often deliberately) with Satanism, & are seeking to 'ban' that. Basically, what drives them is a desire for control.
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No, this is to supply a psychological understanding to a basically theological issue. Christians of the Fundamentalist variety that you are lumping with the rest of us (ahem) see only Christianity versus Evil. Luke says that Jesus said "if you're not with me, you're against me." Therefore, since the CF's are convinced there is a spiritual war going on for the hearts and souls of humanity far and wide across the globe, they are called to do battle. Since they see all non-Christian faith as falsehood, they do not (and do not see the need to) distinguish between Wicca and Satanism. And all the defenses claimed by both groups as to what they are, or are not, means nothing to CFs. What you must understand about CFs is that they are convinced that they are the good guys, no matter how obvious it might be to you that they are evil.
The above is why they attack Harry Potter. They see only Christianity (as interpreted by themselves) versus the evil world. Harry Potter is an especially dark part of that world. Yes, it is a rather negative view, but it is logical within its own confines, as any closed system is (Islamic Fundamentalism has the same qualities).