Bullied at School for Being Gay? The U.S. Justice Department 'Won't Stand for It'

[kpete]

Source: CNS News

Bullied at School for Being Gay? The U.S. Justice Department 'Won't Stand for It,' High School Students Told
Wednesday, January 05, 2011
By Susan Jones

Department of Justice

(CNSNews.com) – The U.S. Justice Department went into a public high school on Tuesday with a message for students: If you’re “different,” if you’re gay, and if you’re being bullied – don’t feel alone, don’t be ashamed, and don’t hesitate to call on the federal government for help if your school doesn’t stop the bullying.

“If you have been targeted for harassment or bullying because of your sexual orientation, because of your gender identity or expression, or simply because your classmates see you as different, I am here to tell you that the Civil Rights Division will not stand for it,” Tom Perez, the assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, told students at James Hubert Blake High School in Silver Spring, Md.

Read more: http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/bullied-school-being-gay-us-justice-depa

[Archae]

1. CNS is Brent Bozell's pet right-wing "news" source.

They reported this with the intention of denigrating the Obama Justice Department.

[EJSTES2005]

7. Yeah, sick fucks over there just eating this up.

just one of the many disgusting comments over there........

"Homosexuals and homosexuality are sterile. The human genitals were designed to be complementary and
the misuse that homosexuals apply to their genitals leads to early death, by as much as 20 years. Tom, you just keep encouraging these confused kids to indulge and see if that doesn't increase the suicide rate--they know in their hearts that the homosexual perversions are wrong. Certainly the adolescent suicide rate in Massachusetts hasn't decreased after a few years of encouraging adolescent homosexuals there."

[AlecBGreen]

2. very encouraging

thanks for sharing

[Ruperto31]

3. What if you're not gay? Then is it OK?

People get bullied because they're overweight, wear glasses, are smarter than the other kids (or not as smart). How did bullying get to be an exclusively gay issue?

[ehrnst]

4. My take was that "If you're 'different' was in addition to "if you're gay' in the statement.

"“If you have been targeted for harassment or bullying because of your sexual orientation, because of your gender identity or expression, or simply because your classmates see you as different, I am here to tell you that the Civil Rights Division will not stand for it,”

[Ruperto31]

5. Oh. That part was so buried that I missed it.

Thanks so much for pointing out that little clause about "being different." It was easy to miss in the long list about sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.

[Robyn66]

6. How about if you have a developmental disability?

Not to disrespect anyone, but it is just as much a civil rights violation of a person with a disability is bullied or if ANYONE for that matter is bullied! Bullying by definition is a violation of someones civil rights!

[Ruperto31]

8. Absolutely. n/t