eHuge victory in North Carolina tonight. The House gave initial approval to the School Violence Prevention Act, an anti-bullying law requiring school districts to implement anti-bullying policies that enumerate categories often targeted by bullies, including sexual orientation and gender identity.
The bill has already passed the Senate. The House will vote one more time, possibly as early as tomorrow. If the bill passes again, it goes to Gov. Bev Purdue to sign into law, which she has indicated she will do.
Congratulations and thanks to Equality North Carolina for all the incredible work leading up to this point.
Story here.
Monday, June 22, 2009
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how can you live life without being insulted? the solution is not to stop people from insulting. why? because even in the most honorable of intentions and perfect wording. a individual can still take a neutral or even positive statement as a negative insult. the true solution lies in the one being insulted. not to respond with hostility but in love. giving the assumed insulter the benefit of the doubt, thinking these "maybe i miss understood him" or "maybe he (the insulter) is not secure in his own identity and is labeling and defining others as an attempt to place himself in his desired social position" tho only way to change this disposition of the insulter it to display love. the insulter is to be GENUINELY friendly, loving and kind to the insulter. this unconditional love will impact the bully very deeply and enough exposure will change his heart.
this is the solution... not the policing of our thoughts
In response to the previous comment, I understand where you are coming from and as an adult that would be a great approach but when you are dealing with children, that is not acceptable. I am a 35 year old gay male. I have a 5 year old and a 6 year old nephew, one day the 6 year old told the 5 year old that he threw the ball like a girl and acted like a girl. I could see the same expression in my 5 year old nephews eyes that I'm sure I so many times had in my own eyes growing up. That's not a fun feeling. I intern told my six year old nephew that he looked like a girl and the 5 year old laughed. Did I teach the 6 year old a lesson? Well, I haven't heard anymore of those comments. Maybe that was the right approach maybe it was the wrong approach, but I felt better and the one the insult was directed to felt better and the bully got punished. Maybe not the proper punishment but it seemed affective. So, by punishing the bully at an early age maybe passing this Anti-Bullying Law will be the answer!!
you need to live in the real world! Being bullied is not fun, if the person (bully) has insecurities he need to see help and not take it out on others. Everyone has the right to defend themselves if they are minding there own business and someone starts to assault them. Yes people have a right to there opinions, but keep them to yourself if i did'nt ask for them. No one should be subject to that type of treatment. Everything has a limit and when someone is harrassing,bullying or assaulting my child that is the LIMIT.
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