Michigan anti-bullying law protects religious bullies

[EV_Ares]

After long debates and tortuous negotiations, the state of Michigan passed anti-bullying legislation, which on the face of it, should be a good thing. Unfortunately, Michigan has managed to pass a law which, despite bearing a name designed to honor the memory of a victim of bullying, may actually provide legal cover to the worst of the bullies.

The law, Matt’s Safe School Law, named in memory of Matt Epling, who committed suicide in the wake of relentless anti-gay bullying, offers a loophole to those who want to bully gay students or anyone else they don’t like. All they need to do, according to the newly passed legislation, is claim that their bullying was based on “a sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction.”

entire article @ http://wapo.st/uULjdA

[KamaAina]

1. WWJB?

Who Would Jesus Bully? :shrug:

[Denninmi]

2. Well, to be fair, that is only the MI Senate version.

The Michigan House, with more Democrats, passed an alternate version that completely removes this idiotic loophole, and they have said that this version absolutely will not pass the House. So, it should be dead, although nothing in politics is ever certain.

[EV_Ares]

3. Yeah, that is true. You know for me it is beyond comprehension that there are people

on this planet or in our country that would even think of putting that in a bill. But I guess you and I have seen plenty of the idiotic of that party by now.