epublican Representative Mike Harmon has just amended a bill which would have prohibited bullying in schools based on sexual orientation or gender identity. The amendment states that kids who bully for religious reasons are exempt, as long as they aren’t violent.
Utterly pitiful, hopefully Kentucky will reject this ridiculous argument as easily as Utah did when Paul Mero and Sutherland Institute’s chunky flunky, Representative LaVar Christensen, tried to make the same amendment to local workplace and housing protections.
The amendment essentially legalizes bullying of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender children, who will have no defense against bullies in their school unless the bully throws a punch.
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this is the most ridiculous and outrageous thing I’ve ever heard. people like this need to be kicked in the reproductive...
What the actual fuck.
Words fail me…though the thought, “OH THE HUMANITY!!!” does spring to mind.
And what the fuck?
This is why, if I believed in God, I would thank him every...day that I live in Canada....
You’re exempt if you bully for religious reasons, as long as it’s not physical. WHAT. Religious belief is not a...
Chaaaaaaaarming.
Whatever happened to kindness and love in religion?
losing my faith with humanity.
Why should the religious get special rights?
That’s how Republicans are. They use religion to justify bullying, and now they’re just coming out and saying it. I’m...
NO. BULLYING IS NEVER RIGHT OR SHOULD EVER BE ALLOWED. And saying that it doesn’t count because it isn’t physical abuse...
Seriously. Especially since gaybashing happens to straight kids too. Is it okay then? Are we going to have to prove the...
for the record i didn’t vote him into office
I’m sorry but when has zero tolerance ever worked? I support the goal of stopping homophobic bullying
how can people even think like this and think that this is okay, it’s disgusting.
The GOP and GLBT+ rights don’t mix. It’s as clear as day.
Absolutely sickening.
How many more kids need to take their own lives to prove a point? Bullying of ANY kind should be prohibited. Do you know...
Oh you fucking doucehbag. Next you’re going to try and redefine what constitutes “violent” like the senate was doing...