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Apparently there’s a lurking homo-monster in North Carolina’s new anti-bullying law that covers, among other things, sexual orientation and gender identity and expression. One school board member in Guilford County (Greensboro, NC) knows the REAL reason the state passed the School Violence Prevention Act — the deviant hidden hand of the Homosexualists.
The Guilford County Board of Education’s Governance Review Committee is looking over the school system’s bullying policy to make sure it complies with the legislature’s July mandate that school systems create policies prohibiting bullying, including bullying based on a list of differentiating characteristics that includes sexual orientation and gender identity.[S]chool board member Paul Daniels, a member of the committee, said he considers the state law an effort to set a precedent in favor of gay rights, specifically marriage rights.
“The elephant in the room is that this policy is about adults, not children,” he said. “This is a policy in search of a purpose, and it’s all about adults. The bottom line is that this is incrementalism by the homosexual lobby. This is all motivated by folks who see man-woman as being discriminatory.”
Ah, yes, there is an agenda — safe schools for children to learn without being bullied. Civil rights for all is part of the agenda, but I cannot figure out why there is this paranoia that extending rights means taking rights away from heterosexuals. This is lunacy. But not all conservatives in Guilford County are bigots who are keen to let children be bullied because of gender identity or expression:
Daniels’ objection to having gender language in the policy wasn’t shared by his fellow conservative on the committee, school board member Garth Hebert.Hebert argued that neither policy gives special rights, as they prohibit all bullying and merely cite the differentiating characteristics as examples of prohibited bullying. He said the policy as a whole doesn’t favor gay students over straight students.
Why is this simple idea beyond the comprehension of these homophobes?
It should be noted that U.S. Senator Kay Hagan hails from Greensboro and supported this bill when she was a state senator. It would be interesting to know why, when this principle is applied to non-discrimination for employees at the national level (ENDA), she’s suddenly soft and wishy-washy on discrimination.
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“This is lunacy”Couldn’t have said it better. But I have to believe the lunacy will be successfully combated. The crazy right can’t win a “please think of the children” argument by advocating for violence/bullying against children.
And this is kind of off topic, but I figured it’s a good chance to plug some info about NC related elections in Orange County since early voting starts in 6 days.
Mayor of Carrboro Candidates:
http://www.new.facebook.com/gr…
Amanda Ashley who describes herself as “I am a mixed race, translesbian, Quaker, Wiccan feminist” would certainly bring interesting new insights to Carrboro’s government if she’s elected. She works at a pet supply shop called Phydeaux that was located near the vet clinic where I worked (Carrboro Plaza Vet), and animal lovers always warrant special attention when considering a vote.
http://www.new.facebook.com/gr…
The incumbent Mayor Chilton is also running for re-election. And I’ve found him to be very interactive with the Carrboro community at large, as well as supportive of the lgbt community from his congratulating me on my marriage to his support of the Marriage Equality Resolution that passed in Carrboro, & was followed up by one passing shortly thereafter in neighboring Chapel Hill, and most recently in Durham.
Mayor of Chapel Hill (home of UNC) Candidate:
http://www.new.facebook.com/gr…
Mark Kleinschmidt is an openly gay town councilman running for mayor. He was a big part of the marriage equality resolution passing in Chapel Hill. He was a big supporter of the Racial Justice Act & was the executive director of the Fair Trail Initiative, and he was NC Pride’s Parade Marshall just last month. If he wins it’ll be the largest city or town in NC to have ever had an openly gay mayor (along with Carrboro & Franklinton that I know of)
Since you mentioned “a lurking homo-monster”……I couldn’t resist to post a trailer for the scariest move to “come out” this year:
Don’t be silly…He’s upset because of the assertion that LGBT kids have special rights not to be beaten, tormented, and otherwise harassed into self hatred and self destructive behaviors. I mean really, how can heterosexists survive and thrive in such a poisonous environment? /end dripping sarcasm…
They just don’t get it, or choose to ignore it.“This is all motivated by folks who see man-woman as being discriminatory.”
No, we just don’t see man-woman as “only”. We see other types of relationships “also”. Respect of all relationships is not the same as discrimination against one of the possibilities.
I wish…I wish that those who speak against anti-bullying policies that are GLBTI inclusive could live just thru one hour of my adolescence.
The one hour where I wondered if the bullies were going to actually kill me finally. An hour that left me naked and bloody with a broken nose, dislocated jaw, cracked ribs and a concussion on a sidewalk.
If they managed to survive that one hour of my life they would understand why GLBTI inclusive anti-bullying policies are needed.
Maybe Hagan is squishy on ENDAbecause her coffers are filled by the business community.