"We feel more and more that activists are being deceptive in using anti-bullying rhetoric to introduce their viewpoints, while the viewpoint of Christian students and parents are increasingly belittled."
That's funny, I was raised in a Christian household and my parents were opposed to bullying of any kind. I don't know what kind of "Christian" Miss Candi is, but I'm very sure it is not the kind I was raised to be.
Candi's words are, of course, a complete distortion, which is a polite way of saying lie. Eliza Byard, GLSEN Executive Director, had this to say:
"Focus on the Family has tried to discredit GLSEN's efforts to make schools safe for all students since our founding in 1990. These most recent attempts show that, once again, Focus on the Family either doesn't know what it is talking about or simply don't care about addressing bullying, or both. The policies we support - which, by the way, include protections for bullying based on religion - have been shown by years of research to make a difference in young people's lives. That is why nearly 70 national education, youth service and civil and human rights organizations endorse the Safe Schools Improvement Act. In terms of LGBT youth, we certainly hope that Focus on the Family agrees that the current environment in which nearly 9 out of 10 LGBT students experience harassment each year in school is simply unacceptable. But we won't hold our breath."
Finally, as usual, Dan Savage says it best:
"They bully gay teenagers to death and then point to high suicide rates among gay and lesbian teenagers as evidence that our "lifestyle" is destructive. Every dead gay teenager is a win for them."
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