New law: it's ok to bully gays as long as you're Christian

[Zostrianos]

Republicans in Michigan just passed a law to protect homophobic bullies (http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2011/11/03/360387/michigan-senator-condemns-republican-license-to-bully-as-worse-than-doing-nothing/):

Yesterday, the Michigan Republican-controlled Senate passed a “license to bully” bill, which not only neglects to protect students based on sexual orientation or gender identity, but creates a special exception for bullies who have a “sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction.” Senate Minority Leader Gretchen Whitmer (D) delivered an impassioned speech rebuking the Republicans for “explicitly outlining how to get away with bullying”: WHITMER: So this might solve a political problem that Republicans have. but be clear: You are papering over the problem that is a reality faced by hundreds of kids in Michigan schools every day. In fact, not only does this not protect kids who are bullied, it further endangers them by legitimizing excuses for tormenting a student. And the saddest and sickest irony of this whole thing is that it’s called ‘Matt’s Safe School Law’. And after the way that you’ve gutted it, it wouldn’t have done a damn thing to save Matt!
This is worse than doing nothing! It’s a Republican license to bully.

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[xub3rn00dlex]

What...the...fuck...

[khlib]

Remember, this is Michigan. Last year, around this time, we had an assistant attorney general (Andrew Shirvell) keep a gay-bashing blog following the every move of University of Michigan's student body president, calling him a gay nazi that was recruiting freshmen to the cult that is homosexuality.

[Revolution starts with U]

I was trying to find a funny meme that would be topical. But there is nothing I could find that expresses the OUTRIGHT ANGER, RAGE AND FURY this wells up in my ego, while at the same time being funny.

I will just parrot the best response that can be said... (ty noodles)

What... the... fuck...

[Hivemind]

God bless America!

[Zostrianos]

On a related note, far-right radio host Matt Barber, from the Christian Liberty Counsel tells his sheep that it's gays who are the real bullies:
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In other clips, he says that gays and leftists are doing to conservatives what the Nazis did to the Jews.

[Smyg]

Fucking Michigan.

[Apoi_Viitor]

I have a sincerely held moral belief that anyone whose a gay-basher deserves to have their teeth kicked in. Thankfully this law should allow me to exercise my belief.

[The Jay]

If you believe hard enough, you can do no wrong I guess.

[Iron Felix]

Not the worst of US laws but still rather disgusting.

[The Dark Side of the Moon]

Well it's official, My state is fucked up

[piet11111]

I can not think of any way how this law was not written with malicious intent.

Does this law allow for the "firmly held moral conviction" of kicking in the teeth of bully's ?

[Game Girl]

....I think....my brain just broke....WHAT THE DUCK AMERICA!!!

[OHumanista]

My sincere moral convictions require me to kick the ass of the guys who approved this law if I ever meet them.

[Le Rouge]

"Ima bully you damn gays because i'm the best thing it's possible to be on earth; A white Christian! You are inferior but not more inferior as people who don't practice christianism. If you are a gay muslim, well, we're about to pass a law legalising the killing of things like you" - Michigan Senate

:thumbdown:

[W1N5T0N]

Its quite funny, because as a matter of fact, in Germany this law would essentially be proposed by the NPD- the Nationalist Party of Germany, aka The Nazis.
Seriously people, this is so weird! Its pretty likely that even the far-right in Germany/Holland would be written of as "goddamn commies" by these people.


I think that this is a new low for American politics - for this month.


but good news: Americas first lesbian homecoming king/queen!

[socialistjustin]

This is one of the most fucked up things I have seen come out of a legislature. Not only can you bully gays, but they even had the audacity to name it the way they did. Fucking bullshit.

[MustCrushCapitalism]

Hate speech and bullying can amount to murder so often.

What's the point of laws if you can get around them with a "deep moral conviction"? Bullshit....

[Craig_J]

Dear oh dear oh dear oh dear oh dear....

Struggling to fidn what to say about this!!

First you have homophobia being tolerated.

And not only are you doing that but your then saying christians can only do it.

It's just completely wrong on so many levels.

Sometimes I ask myself if we are really in the 21st century...

[Princess Luna]

So does this law mean if I lived in Michigan and was in grade school, and some idiot starts spouting homophobic non-sense I could give him a swift kick to the groin. After all my action would be motivated by a "Sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction"

[Azraella]

So does this law mean if I lived in Michigan and was in grade school, and some idiot starts spouting homophobic non-sense I could give him a swift kick to the groin. After all my action would be motivated by a "Sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction"

I certainly think so. >.>

[the last donut of the night]

i have a big "fuck you" splashed across the inside of my mind for every humiliating slur, every beating, every tease, every punch, every name-calling, every forgetful and disdainful stare, every laugh, every jeer, every "you'll be fine", every "forget about it", every call to be "normal" that either i've watched happen to LGBTQ kids or to me to the bigoted pigs who wrote this bill


FUCK YOU

[MattShizzle]

Big probelm is so many Christians in the US (meaning fundie assholes just as bad as the Taliban or Al Quaeda only they are Christian rather than Muslim) feel they are persecuted if they are prevented from persecuting others.