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You know what we should do? Make it okay to bully queer students
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Matt Windschitl and Jason Schultz, two Iowa lawmakers, have proposed a bill to explicitly remove gay and lesbian students from anti-bullying policies in state schools.

Gay and lesbian teens are currently protected by the state’s Safe Schools Act, which aims to help students who are being bullied and harassed by ensuring a safe and non-judgmental environment to report incidents. Unacceptable, according to Schultz, who said that he has nothing against gay students, but added that he needs to remove their protections because it will lead to same-sex marriage.

Yes, you read that right. Windschitl and Schultz want to remove anti-bullying measures for gay students—one of the most vulnerable and harassed minorities—from public schools because he opposes an unrelated issue, same-sex marriage. It’s a destructive message for already bullied students, for whom these lawmakers not only have no empathy, but outright disdain.

And the excuse… It spells things out pretty clearly, doesn’t it?

I’ve pointed out many times that the lawmakers and lobbyists behind the movement to ban same-sex marriage don’t typically oppose gay weddings—they dislike gay people period. Maybe they think we’re just indulging in some personal fetish; maybe they think we’re sick in the head; whatever their misconception, one thing is clear: They aim to discriminate against all gay people at the level of the law. Once they ensure that gay people do not have the same legal rights to marriage as straights, they will move to restrict other rights and freedoms. The right to safe schools is just the start.

You can help stop it, not only by contacting Jason Schultz and Matt Windschitl, but by standing up for equal rights everywhere. Apathy is not an appropriate reaction when this is the level that opponents sink to.

Still More:
Youtube Video: Why Do Jason Schultz and Matt Windschitl Hate LGBT Students? TRANSCRIPT.

SAFE SCHOOL PROPOSAL: Two lawmakers want to exclude gay and lesbian students

Email them: jason.schultz@legis.state.ia.us, matt.windschitl@legis.state.ia.us

Sample letter for easy copy & paste: http://zjemptv.com/-/hf2291 (but feel free to write your own)

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	silrana 2010-02-11 09:53 pm UTC (link)
	In that, you're doing what a lot of people do - assuming all churches are the same. My church has a woman minister. It has many women in the heirarchy. It also teaches that no human being can know the mind of God, so no one has the right to tell someone that they are going to Hell. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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silrana
2010-02-12 03:32 am UTC (link)
I'm sort of on the opposite side. I'm baffled that you would find my church unusual. I grew up in a tiny Kentucky farming town, and even there I can remember one of the churches having a woman minister for a time. (Not counting Sister Ruby, who still runs the odd little holy rollers church.)

You have to realize that people like Dobson are not universally considered leaders in the Christian world. But look at it this way. Grab a phonebook for a big city and flip to the churches section in the yellow pages. Look at the listings for "Churches-Christian-insert denomination here". There are a zillion different types of Christian churches. Would there be that many if we all thought alike? *g*
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snarkhunter
2010-02-12 05:23 am UTC (link)
I don't know how to say what I want to say here without sounding condescending, though I'm trying not to be. So I'm just going to say it.

I am genuinely sorry that your experience with Christianity was such that women leaders and humility (not knowing God's intent) are positively alien concepts. Mine has been very different. Just a few weeks ago, my priest (I attend an Episcopalian church right now--incidentally, the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church USA is a woman at the moment) gave this whole sermon about how God saved EVERYONE. It's not for some special group, or b/c you did something awesome, or b/c you're deserving or Episcopalian. Everyone. Last week, he preached openly against the idea that God will make you rich--the prosperity gospel. And after the earthquake, he was quite delightfully nasty on the subject of Pat Robertson's comments on Haiti.

That, to me, is Christianity. But if your only experience was a church that says Dobson = awesome (I once attended such a church, and it's taken me *years* to undo the damage), then I totally understand why you'd walk away, and why Christianity would have an unpleasant association for you.
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darkrose
2010-02-13 02:11 am UTC (link)
the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church USA is a woman at the moment

And totally OT, may I just say how much I love her? She's made of awesome.
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snarkhunter
2010-02-13 02:47 am UTC (link)
I've heard absolutely nothing but good things about her. I need to learn more.
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