OLYMIPIA, Wash. (AP)- A bill designed to stop bullying in schools has stalled in the legislature amid opposition from Christian conservatives who say it is really a gay-rights measure.
Under the measure, school districts would have to write policies against bullying and train employees and volunteers to stop harassment.
Teachers, police, Gov. Gary Locke and Attorney General Christine Gregoire said the legislation is needed to protect picked-on kids.
But the state's chapter of the Christian Coalition said it could be seen as trying to prevent some students from condemning homosexuality.
Rick Forcier, director of the Christian Coalition of Washington, said the measure could lead to homosexual sensitivity training in schools.
This goes to show you how fucking STUPID the Christian Coalition can be! Don't get me wrong, I am a Catholic, and I have no problem with being a spiritual person, but sometimes the Church's rules just don't really work out too well. How can this bullying bill not be passed in Washington? Is the Christian right really more concerned about accepting homosexuals than preventing school shootings? Because that's what I think this is all about. How can we stop violence in schools if we allow bullying to continue? When will the Coalition accept people the way they are, and look at the actual fucking PROBLEM in schools? This group is supposed to represent Christianity in government, and all they do is hold up important laws like this with their screwed up logic. Do they really think God hates gays? Does God want gays to be picked on, beaten up, and sometimes killed? Of course not, but this is what they are trying to say to you. I speak for sensible Christians everywhere when I say Rick Forcier can go to hell, and that all states should pass this bill to help kids from getting picked on.
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