Tennessee Bill: It’s OK To Bully Gay Kids If You’re A Christian Or A Republican.

[Galraedia]

Ever have deja vu? Ever have it so hard it made your head explode? Well, I’m still scraping my skull off the floor. Two months ago (almost to the day) I posted an article about Michigan’s Anti-Gay Bullying Law that literally made it OK to bully gay kids if you’re a Christian. Well, never one to be outdone on religiously inspired bigotry and hate, Tennessee has seen fit to introduce the same kind of “exemption” but take it so much further.

via TPMmuckraker:

The proposed bill would amend the state’s current anti-bullying laws to specify that the anti-bully policy should “not be construed or interpreted to infringe upon the First Amendment rights of students and shall not prohibit their expression of religious, philosophical, or political views” as long as there’s no physical threat or threat to another student’s property.

So not only can you verbally abuse gay kids if you’re a Christian but you’ll be able to do it if you’re a Republican or even just “philosophically opposed.” This means you can come up with any reason at all to abuse homosexuals and the state will give you carte blanche to do it. Tennessee is the same state that tried to pass the “Don’t Say Gay” law that would have prohibited teachers from speaking about homosexuals in the classroom, so they’re no stranger to unreasoning hatred.

To make it all so much worse, unlike Republicans in Michigan, the GOP in Tennessee wants to amend an already existing law. Michigan was attempting to pass its law when conservative bigots tried to gut it by including the “exemption” language (they later dropped it in a compromise bill). Tennessee already has an anti-gay bullying law on the books and the new language is to be added. Apparently taking away the ability to torture and harass gay kids is an intolerable affront to liberty.

Read more: http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/01/05/tennessee-bill-its-ok-to-bully-gay-kids-if-youre-a-christian-or-a-republican/

[Fire Walk With Me]

1. Thank them for finally being honest.

Now we can all say NO! to it and be finished with it and move on to the next thing needing positive change.

[PDJane]

2. How do these 'good Christians' live with themselves?

[justiceischeap]

3. Some days I just have no love in my heart for Repubs or Christians

(of the Repub ilk)

[Tansy_Gold]

9. I never do. Never. n/t

[Politicalboi]

4. Another reason we would be better off

If religion NEVER existed. These monsters twist everything.

[dawg]

5. Without religion, they would still be monsters.

They'd just use something else to justify their hatred.

[gratuitous]

8. Winner, winner chicken dinner

That's all I'm allowed to say, per DU juries, and even this might get my post pulled.

[Fourier]

10. Probably, but that 'something else' wouldn't get carte blanche in the body politic to be openly

bigoted and hostile to a minority. At least, I don't think so...the KKK isn't about to get the protection and tax exemptions of religion...yet.

[dawg]

11. Does the Chamber of Commerce pay taxes?

Does the Heritage Foundation?

[LynneSin]

6. I went to a school like that. The biggest bullies were the so-called 'Christians'

Because they felt that anyone who deviated from the hardcoded words of the bible (well their bible without the gospels) was some sort of sick person that needed hounding until they toed the line of their sick form of faith.

[peace13]

7. I am certain that Jesus would be proud.

Which brings the questions...who would Jesus bully?