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Report for March 7,
2003
If you are against
pro-sodomite programs in the tax-funded government schools, you have
"a warped biblical interpretation rooted in ignorance, hatred and
fear." Sounds like you are a dangerous person . . .
Gay bashing in Jesus' name a hateful twist
http://www.gopbi.com/partners/pbpost/epaper/editions/friday/accent_e3e57870e5514251006c.html
By Steve Gushee, Palm Beach Post Religion Writer
Friday, February 28, 2003
Most people surely agree that no one should bully students. A few
Christians, however, think it is always appropriate to bully gay kids.
Some conservative Christian groups oppose efforts by schools trying to
stop kids from ridiculing classmates so students can continue to
intimidate gay kids.
They read Scripture literally and insist it condemns homosexuality and, by
implication, approves of the most outrageous treatment of homosexuals.
That betrays a warped biblical interpretation rooted in ignorance, hatred
and fear.
They mock Christianity and deny the teaching of its master. Jesus said
nothing at all about homosexuality. He said a great deal about loving your
neighbor.
Using Scripture to justify harassing kids is nonsense at best. It is more
akin to biblical dishonesty that rationalizes immoral behavior.
The issue surfaced when school districts began to respond to school
violence following the Columbine High School shooting in 1999.
School policies forbid bullying, usually defined as any overt act directed
against a student with the intent to ridicule, humiliate or intimidate.
Specific areas of harassment include race, color, sex, sexual orientation,
religion and ancestry.
The student and family handbook of the Palm Beach County school district
uses essentially that language.
Incredibly, some Christian advocacy groups, such as the Family Research
Council in Washington, D.C., object to the ban on bullying gay kids. So
they work to defeat the entire policy, according to a recent Wall Street
Journal article. They claim that "safe schools" programs are
stealth vehicles that promote homosexuality.
The attorney general's office in West Virginia withdrew support of a
school-based anti-bullying policy due to pressure from a religious group,
the story reported.
Peter Sprigg of the Family Research Council seems to believe that
harassing gay kids is a God-given right that good Christian folk must
preserve. Simply discussing homosexuality in school, much less banning the
intimidation of gay kids, seems to threaten that right.
"We feel it is stigmatizing anyone who holds a traditional moral view
that disapproves of homosexuality," Sprigg said in the Journal story.
Christians who try to scuttle school programs in order to persecute kids
are beyond the pale. They advocate cruel, malicious treatment of innocent
kids in the name of God.
They hurt young people terribly. They disgrace their faith. They mock
common decency.
steve_gushee@pbpost.com
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