Safe Schools and respect

The Triangle Foundation is preparing for Safe Schools Day at the Michigan Senate. I attended my own senator's coffee hour today to remind him I'm interested in seeing the bill passed (not a hard job -- he wrote the bill). But the holdup, in Michigan and elsewhere, is the fundamentalist mindset. No, you can't stop bullying! You mean some kids deserve to be bullied? Well… it's not so much the actual bullying we want to endorse, you see, but those laws come with mandatory training that are designed to "foster an environment of understanding and respect for all individuals." And we won't respect their decision to be gay.