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Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Going to school should be fun, not dangerous: Equality North Carolina

Posted by Bob Geary on Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 4:21 PM

Equality North Carolina and its allies are in the home stretch with the School Violence Prevention Act. The bill passed the Senate. It's expected to pass the House, and become law. Just in case you're in any doubt about why the bill should be specific about bullying, and put school personnel on notice that pushing the small kids around, or the handicapped kids, or the gay kids, isn't just some harmless rite of youthful passage, ENC has produced a video:



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Could they have made it any more vague? And the whole kindergarten class gets expelled for making fun of the red-haired kid. "perceived differentiating characteristic". I like that one.

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Posted by Jeff S on June 11, 2009 at 1:05 PM
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