Comments on: Anti-bullying bill advances in NC

By: Allisa Drew

Allisa Drew — Mon, 11 May 2009 04:58:32 +0000

As a suicide councilor on a website for the transgendered, I am appalled at the reaction to such legislation. Taunting and bullying is a blight on the face of humanity. It is our job as adults (despite our political persuasions) to halt all harm to those who need our help; gay or not.

I hope the communities in North Carolina understand that bullying extends far above and beyond sexual orientation and gender identity. I hope is that they vote with a conscience that will promote peace.

For the sake of our children and ourselves, I pray that peace will win out.

Allisa Drew (Moderator; Laura’s Playground and Pinknorblue.com)

By: Katie Murphy

Katie Murphy — Thu, 07 May 2009 08:40:38 +0000

The conservative christians, and the catholic church of perversion, headed by someone who grew up in Nazi Germany, are just our own version of the Taliban.

They have spilled lies and hatred out into society for decades. The Jews, the Blacks, and now the gays.

When you hear about the war on religion terrorism, don’t forget the scene we have here in America. Instead of driving airplanes into buildings, these criminals use words.

yes, words do kill. Just go look at what happened in Europe when a Catholic born in very Catholic Austria took power. And mixed Aryan based racism and hatred of the Jews to gain power.

And in this country by the So. Baptists and independent conservative right wing churches, whose reason to be was to perpetuate slavery, and then segregation.

But there is progress. As people get more educated in NC, eg the tri city area of modern industry called Research Triangle Park, the churches are losing their power, as education becomes values.

And eventually we’ll be rid of most of the religious freaks, including the heirarchy of the catholic church, who both created their sexual perverts with their puritanical sex beliefs, and then hid them for decades.

Why did they hide them – because their perversion probably reaches into the very high levels of the power that be.

They all will be a blot on mankinds history.

By: KaninZ

KaninZ — Thu, 07 May 2009 01:32:59 +0000

It’s ok to beat up they gay youngens. It’ll toughen ‘em up. Make men outta ‘em.

Sure do like me some fried ‘taters, mhmm.

By: Gav

Gav — Thu, 07 May 2009 00:48:52 +0000

I grew up in NC and the bullying was horrific. I just turned 46 and it still haunts me (even after years of therapy). Good for NC. I hope NO one EVER has to go what I went through!

By: vanndean

vanndean — Wed, 06 May 2009 23:52:22 +0000

My question is “Why is it not acceptable to bully straight kids but it is acceptable to bully gay kids?” How can people that claim to have morals and family values stand up in the legislature with a public record being made and argue that all children need to be protected from bullies, well unless they are gay kids. How does such an argument square with logic, morality, or christianity?

By: LOrion

LOrion — Wed, 06 May 2009 22:42:00 +0000

The clerical followers of Papenfueher Ratzi are becoming so irrelevant in the US. Church losing people en mass (no pun intended).
Just yesterday a Canonical lawyer’s testimony was entered into the Maine House minutes by Rep. Webster of Freeport, stating there was no way an American Bishop could interfere with anyone’s civil marriage in this country. … and that each Catholic, as is taught, is free to live under’ primacy of their own conscious’ over dogma.
And that, in fact, the Catholic laity have changed Church dogma in the past and may be about to do so again.

By: Wayne Madden

Wayne Madden — Wed, 06 May 2009 22:36:59 +0000

The interventions by the Roman Catholic Church and the so-called “Christian” Action League gives a clear message to homophobic and transphobic bullies that violence against LGBT people is okay. They know full well that bullies will take exactly that message from their interventions against an inclusive anti-bullying law. Sadly, both LGBT and heterosexual youth are subject to homophobic bullying in American and Canadian schools. By the way, this includes many Christian youth who choose not to date or be sexually active. NOBODY in any school should EVER have to fear being bullied in school or anywhere because of who s/he is. That includes LGBT youth and schools have a moral obligation to protect their students from bullying.

By: Jack Register

Jack Register — Wed, 06 May 2009 21:51:38 +0000

NC may have been the home to Helms, but we voted for Obama. We are far more progressive than anyone gives us credit for and this proves it.

By: John

John — Wed, 06 May 2009 20:41:47 +0000

Don’t ever forget, North Carolina is the land of Jesse Helms.

By: Bud Burgoon-Clark

Bud Burgoon-Clark — Wed, 06 May 2009 20:22:05 +0000

The “Catholic” bishops of North Carolina can eat my shorts.

Protection from bullying is not OK, but pedophilia is just fine.

What a pair of fraakin’ hypocrites!