NC: Stop the bullying - the School Violence Prevention Act heads to final House vote

[ccharles000]

This is the bill's language that was crafted to create a safe school environment for all children:

"Bullying or harassing behavior includes, but is not limited to, acts reasonably perceived as being motivated by any actual or perceived differentiating characteristic, such as race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, socioeconomic status, academic status, gender identity or expression, physical appearance, sexual orientation, or mental, physical, developmental, or sensory disability, or by association with a person who has or is perceived to have one or more of these characteristics."

My(pams) column in the Durham News this week is about also about the need to pass the School Violence Prevention Act and how it shouldn't even be a controversial thing to put into state law -- but the homo-hating right wing just can't seem to put the safety of children first. They throw everything but the kitchen sink at this bill:
"It's not about protecting children. It's about accepting the term sexual orientation and gender identity and how they define human sexual behavior. That's the whole point of it," Rep. Nelson Dollar said.
...State Republicans came forward Tuesday to say they have concerns about the use of the term "sexual orientation" in the bill. They pointed to a court case in Iowa where the use of the term in one bill opened the door to the possibility of same-sex marriages.

"Iowa's constitution, which is the same as ours, its defense of marriage, which is the same as ours, and used the fact that the legislature had put sexual orientation in the statute as a reason to declare unconstitutional the Defense of Marriage Act," Rep. Paul Stam said.

http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/11373/nc-school-violence-prevention-act-heads-to-final-house-vote-stop-the-bullying

[supernova]

1. I really hope it passes this time

This is what the 3rd time we've tried to pass it?

[ccharles000]

2. kick