Fri Mar 16, 2012, 05:46 PM

Gay Republicans: End Anti-Gay Bullying Through Home Schooling

http://www.fenuxe.com/2012/03/16/gay-republicans-end-anti-gay-bullying-through-home-schooling/

The gay Republican coalition known as GOProud released its 2012 platform yesterday, and the group offered a “unique” solution to dealing with anti-gay bullying in schools.

“The answer to the serious problem of bullying is not more federal intervention in education,” the GOProud agenda states. “Instead, we support empowering parents and families by supporting school choice initiatives and protecting the right of parents to home school their children.”

While resisting federal involvement into local school matters is a natural conservative position, it’s less clear how vouchers and home schooling – both pillars of conservative education policy – would do anything to make schools safer for LGBT students.

“It allows parents who have kids who are bullied to make sure they go to school in a safe environment,” Jimmy LaSalvia, executive director of GOProud, told Fenuxe Thursday. “If they decide that their school isn’t safe, they can take the child to a school of their choice.

“We have taken the position that big government solutions, government-mandated curriculum, is not the solution,” he added.

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11 replies	Author	Time	Post
Gay Republicans: End Anti-Gay Bullying Through Home Schooling (Original post)	w8liftinglady	Mar 2012	OP
Is GOProud for real?	Skinner	Mar 2012	#1
Wow!	Politicalboi	Mar 2012	#2
These people are idiots...knr	joeybee12	Mar 2012	#3
They need to get their heads out of the clouds...	Jamastiene	Mar 2012	#4
Ain't THAT the truth?!!	Zenlitened	Mar 2012	#7
Hey goproud! Follow Breitbart's example and drop dead	MNBrewer	Mar 2012	#5
What's the solution for social isolation? Why, even MORE social isolation!	Zenlitened	Mar 2012	#6
Umm... might want to review seperate but equal...	Fearless	Mar 2012	#8
I Suspect This is All Baggerspeak...	RetiredTrotskyite	Mar 2012	#9
GOProud needs an intervention then deprograming.	William769	Mar 2012	#10
This should not come as a shock to anyone.	Zorra	Mar 2012	#11

Response to w8liftinglady (Original post)

Fri Mar 16, 2012, 05:59 PM

Skinner (57,534 posts)

1. Is GOProud for real?

Or is it just some BS AstroTurf organization created in the hope that a few real gays might be duped into voting Republican?

Because this is pathetic.

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Response to w8liftinglady (Original post)

Fri Mar 16, 2012, 06:12 PM

Politicalboi (9,615 posts)

2. Wow!

So instead of fixing the bullies, we just home school gay kids as not to tarnish the schools. What's next, home schooling girls? Home schooling 90 pound weaklings? People with glasses? Boys will be boys, love it or leave it I suppose.

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Response to w8liftinglady (Original post)

Fri Mar 16, 2012, 06:16 PM

joeybee12 (41,886 posts)

3. These people are idiots...knr

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Response to w8liftinglady (Original post)

Fri Mar 16, 2012, 06:28 PM

Jamastiene (32,139 posts)

4. They need to get their heads out of the clouds...

or out of their own asses. Typical unreasonable unworkable Republican self centered bullshit.

They are not living in the real world if their solution is to keep kids at home. The best solution would be to teach that bullying is not only wrong, but can bring criminal charges, then show that bullying is the same as assault by arresting the assholes who bully for assault.

And how many Republicans actually want to protect their gay kids? I've never known of any. Hell, it is hard enough to get Democratic parents of gay kids to be supportive and want to protect their kids instead of throwing us all into the streets.

They need to quit lying to themselves and admit that is a stupid idea along with their ridiculous decision to be Republicans.

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Fri Mar 16, 2012, 10:42 PM

Zenlitened (9,286 posts)

7. Ain't THAT the truth?!!

And how many Republicans actually want to protect their gay kids? I've never known of any. Hell, it is hard enough to get Democratic parents of gay kids to be supportive and want to protect their kids instead of throwing us all into the streets.

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Response to w8liftinglady (Original post)

Fri Mar 16, 2012, 10:29 PM

MNBrewer (6,043 posts)

5. Hey goproud! Follow Breitbart's example and drop dead

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Response to w8liftinglady (Original post)

Fri Mar 16, 2012, 10:41 PM

Zenlitened (9,286 posts)

6. What's the solution for social isolation? Why, even MORE social isolation!

Sheer genius.

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Response to w8liftinglady (Original post)

Fri Mar 16, 2012, 11:52 PM

Fearless (12,568 posts)

8. Umm... might want to review seperate but equal...

You know that thing they loved to use back in the 50's and 60's (Etc.) to tell people they didn't think were equal that they should just stop complaining and go away.

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Response to w8liftinglady (Original post)

Sat Mar 17, 2012, 05:29 AM

RetiredTrotskyite (1,496 posts)

9. I Suspect This is All Baggerspeak...

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for "good Christian students shouldn't have to go to school with those nasty (fill-in-the-blank) and we should be supporting homeschooling or use vouchers to send their kids to church schools. so they won't have to". The Rethugs, including GOProud are SO bloody transparent.

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Response to w8liftinglady (Original post)

Sun Mar 18, 2012, 01:58 AM

William769 (30,887 posts)

10. GOProud needs an intervention then deprograming.

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Sun Mar 18, 2012, 02:45 PM

Zorra (19,052 posts)

11. This should not come as a shock to anyone.

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Frankly, and as compassionately as possible,

If you are LGBT, and are a republican, you're not all that bright.

There's just no way around this.

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