Bishops: Bullying bill sets precedent

When I was coming up it was mostly the fat guys who got bullied. And those who wore glasses. And those who did not belong to the country club (I came up before private schools.) And those guys who made good grades got bullied. And those who cried a lot got bullied. And then that guy who wore "pegged" pants got bullied right much. In my day there were quite a few reasons to get bullied. None of the reasons were good but that did not stop the bullying. But then again we did not have a law against it. I'm sure that would have stopped it. LOL

I'm not real sure the North Carolina legislature will be able to stop bullying, with or without a law. The bullies have been bullying since Adam ate the apple. And probably even before. I may be one of the few but I like who I like......regardless of who the General Assembly tells me to like.

When the General Assembly is able to change human nature, then, my friends, we are on to something.

If Bishops want to inject their religious-based bigotry into public policy, then they need to be prepared to be censured for their bigoted views. Their homophobic anti-gay agenda is simply despicable. What kind of Bishop thinks it is okay to beat gays to death just because they are gay? The santimony and hypocrisy is outrageous. This is just more proof that there is too much religion foisted upon the rest of us by self-proclaimed Christians who use the Bible to justify their bigotry.

These are two parts from this bill:

Nothing in this act shall be construed to create any classification, protected class, suspect category, or preference beyond those existing in present statute or case law."

Bullying or harassing behavior includes, but is not limited to, acts reasonably perceived as being motivated by any actual or perceived differentiating characteristic, such as race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, socioeconomic status, academic status, gender identity, physical appearance, sexual orientation, or mental, physical, developmental, or sensory disability, or by association with a person who has or is perceived to have one or more of these characteristics.

If a student is harassed because they support Miss Prejean's position on marriage, would they be covered by this bill? The first bill quote above has me really interested in the lawyer speak of this bill. I would sure love to use a bill like this on the college campus known as UNC-Chapell Hill. Intolerance of any kind like the people attacking Miss Prejean and former rep. Tancredo are just as bad and need to be recognized as that by people on the left who have left posts here.
There is after all only ONE unprotected class left in this country. can anyone here name it? We ALL should have zero tolerance for any kind of bullying. Yet someone here blamed a family group using it as a political football. I do recall the other side using it as a political football as well when it failed last time.

How about we take politics out of the equation on both sides and just do what is right.

"What would Jesus do?"

The pompous posturing of these bishops is just one more example of "Christians" being un-Christ like.

Navkor, mjfigs, and James_Protzman all make excellent points. We need to flood the legislature with these points to counteract the campaign of exclusion and discrimination waged by the bishops.

but you know how I like to pray with birds.

I think you mean "exercised."

— RTB 

Bullying, Hate crimes...who cares what their personal life is like. Its is wrong. Gays, non gays, legals, illegals, blacks, whites...all HUMAN BEINGS. We forget that main aspect.

"The result of a well intentioned bill such as this one is that when certain groups are elevated into being more equal than others, it is just plain wrong. The bullying bill should be for everyone."

But everyone IS included in this bill. Like all non-discrimination laws, the new law pertains to bullying on the basis of sexual orientation. EVERYONE has a sexual orientation- gay, straight, bisexual, asexual- all are equally protected, even if all aren't equally bullied. I would understand your concern if the law protected only LGBT students, but it doesn't.

Also keep in mind that the law pertains to real and PERCEIVED orientations- the two kids who recently committed suicide were bullied because they were perceived to be gay, not actually gay as far as we know.

Furthermore, the law also pertains to race, gender and disability status. Where's the commentary about those issues? Teachers should step in if an african-american student is bullied, but can turn away if the student is gay (because many teachers do just that)?

In response to the Bishops- findings of fact are like throwing spaghetti at a wall- they include anything even remotely related to the case in question. The findings of fact mentioned in this article also refer to religious liberty laws- are these bishops opposed to THOSE too?

get exorcised this way in the pursuit of such a hateful agenda. The NC Family Policy Council wants nothing less than to marginalize gays, ensuring that they are forever treated as second-class citizens. Through their selective reading of the Bible and their blind hypocrisy, they are violating every tenet in the teachings of Christ that I know of. Every. Single. One.

I'm not a person who normally prays, but I'm praying for them and the so-called Christian Action League. I pray that they look to their god for guidance and abandon their horrific campaign of hate and discrimination.

These are the very same evangelical Christians who support torture, of course. And why not? When you accept a god who would torture non-believers for all eternity, you are either insane or deluded or both.

It makes me sick to my stomach.

Yes, bullying is wrong, no matter who you are or how you define yourself. The result of a well intentioned bill such as this one is that when certain groups are elevated into being more equal than others, it is just plain wrong. The bullying bill should be for everyone.

What gender are Roman Catholic bishops anyway?

It seems like they're opposing a bill to protect future recruits.

I'm sorry, but these tools are jerks. God bless.