Posted on 08/11/2013 5:56:20 PM PDT by rhema
To campaign against the bullying of LGBT people as if disagreement with the gay lifestyle were an evil is itself a form of bullying.
On June 19, the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ruled in favor of a high school student named Daniel Glowacki, who had charged that his high school teacher, Jay McDowell, had violated his constitutional right to freedom of speech. He was granted one dollar in compensation. The court’s verdict, in vulgar terms, was that the pig had the right to say what he said.
The facts, according to the court’s judgment, are these.
On October 20, 2011, the Gay Straight Alliance at Howell High School planned to take part in a national “campaign aimed at raising awareness of the bullying of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered youth.” The court acknowledges that the day is also called “Spirit Day,” which, the plaintiffs contended, is so-called to foster acceptance in the public schools of the homosexual lifestyle. The Gay Straight Alliance made up flyers to be posted all around the school, urging students to wear purple on that day as a sign of their solidarity with homosexual teenagers. The principal approved the flyer.
Wendy Hiller, one of the teachers, printed a batch of purple T-shirts, reading “Tyler’s Army” on the front and “Fighting Evil with Kindness” on the back. She had, in the past, worn a black shirt reading “Tyler’s Army.” The name refers to Tyler Clementi, a freshman at Rutgers who took his own life after his roommate had secretly filmed him in a homosexual encounter. Hiller, says the court, in evident agreement, did not believe that the shirts would be controversial, since the topic was bullying and not homosexuality. Hiller sold some of the shirts to other teachers at cost.
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Kudos to Daniel Glowacki who not only stood up to badgering, bullying, and harassment in order to defend another student, but to defend his God-given rights.
A pox upon the school and court system that sought to intimidate and punish him when he had done no wrong and was in fact the injured party.
Great essay. Thanks.
Video showing National Organization for Marriage’s interview with Daniel Glowacki and his mother:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBzvtRbIhuQ
Exactly. State sanctioned bullying of Christians is just that, state sanctioned bullying.
The most insidious form of bullying extant is people claiming to be offended by anything and everything.
[[I clicked on the link with some trepidation, wondering if it might be some sort of site promoting LGBT sex.]]
You obviously harboring hateful thought crimes against the LGBT population. I’m kicking you out of class.
Anthony Esolen is one of the best tinkers and writers on the scene today. Please ping me if/when you post any more of his essays -— and soon!
No wonder Michigan is going to Havana in a handbasket!
A well written piece! He does not make enough though of the palsity of the punishment metered out. The was an adult teacher violating the right of a student and bullying him because he stood up for his beliefs. If the shoes was on the other foot (i.e. the student was gay and getting bullied) this teacher would be struck off from teaching and maybe even on trial.
Aye. There's the rub. Tutors have ALWAYS been in the business of catechesis--it's just that in the past, Americans pretty much shared the same catechism on right and wrong.
Because we now have a radically secular/atheist agenda assumed in public schools, no parent should use these atheist/perverted tutors--and rather opt for home-schooling or private Christian schooling.
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