The anti-bullying law now under consideration in the Michigan statehouse includes language that "prohibits the law from being used to take action against people for a statement based on a sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction." Apparently, for some Michigan Republicans, God doesn't seem to mind bullies who pick on homosexuals.
Tea Party activist Rich Swier doesn't even think physical and emotional abuse of homosexual youth is bullying. "It is peer pressure and is healthy."
It's all so bizarre. Think about it. If religious belief or moral conviction transform an abusive act into acceptable behavior, do agnostic and atheist kids get to shove fervent evangelical heads into toilets? Does it free Green activists to shout belittling jibes at littering louses? Do Jehovah Witnesses, when no one's looking, get to smash the sack lunches of good Christians who dutifully say the Pledge of Allegiance?
And as for Swier, who apparently also has it in for Muslims, what twisted prism is he looking through that transforms a sick bully into picture of health?
Thankfully, the Republican Speaker of the House opposes this clause, and hopefully will get it stricken from the text.
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[Source: Buckfire and Buckfire.com]
Tea Party activist Rich Swier doesn't even think physical and emotional abuse of homosexual youth is bullying. "It is peer pressure and is healthy."
It's all so bizarre. Think about it. If religious belief or moral conviction transform an abusive act into acceptable behavior, do agnostic and atheist kids get to shove fervent evangelical heads into toilets? Does it free Green activists to shout belittling jibes at littering louses? Do Jehovah Witnesses, when no one's looking, get to smash the sack lunches of good Christians who dutifully say the Pledge of Allegiance?
And as for Swier, who apparently also has it in for Muslims, what twisted prism is he looking through that transforms a sick bully into picture of health?
Thankfully, the Republican Speaker of the House opposes this clause, and hopefully will get it stricken from the text.
[Source: Buckfire and Buckfire.com]
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