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I have to comment on the recent anti-bullying bills passed
by the Michigan Senate and now by the Michigan House.
In my days, bullying occurred face to face and usually by
someone that was bigger and stronger than the person being bullied. I was lucky
to be relatively tall as a child and did not suffer bullying often but I do
remember a few incidences in grade school where I had to fight.
In my days, parents would tell their children to fight back
or as in my case, when someone bullied by sister, I kicked their ass.
Well things are much different now and if bullying leads to
suicides than something definitely needs to be done to allow teachers, etc. to
stop bullying before it goes too far.
BUT here is the absurd and ironic part of the Michigan
Senate anti-bulling law; it allows bullying if based on religion.
Let me explain…the Michigan
The senate Republicans inserted a clause into the law that
would not prohibit “a statement of a sincerely held religious belief or moral
conviction of a school employee, school volunteer, pupil or a pupil’s parent or
guardian.” In other words, gay bashing is a protected right of people that
belong to a religion where gays are sinners and the religion mandates
persecution of such sinners; protecting gays violates their religious
liberty…get it?
I will quickly add that the Michigan House passed a similar
bill but without the offending clause.
My problem is the mentality of the people that inserted the
clause into the bill knowing full well that protecting students that are gay
from intimidation was a priority of the legislation; the clause basically
negated the protection.
And here I will have to again raise the question of adult
religious idiocy on the part (in this case) of Michigan Republicans permitting
religion to be used as a weapon; Michigan Taliban?
You wonder why I get so upset when I encounter this
religious backwardness that insists on hurting members of our society and this
is happening in my own state and not in some flea bitten area of Afghanistan
We need to remain vigilant against this religious terrorism
because it is more prevalent than we ever imagined…
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