I would say that

Posted By: Trigger Happy on 2009-05-22
In Reply to: So you don't think any gay students...(sm) - Just the big bad

gay students get beat up no more than kids who are considered to be dorks, geeks, freaks, etc.

I went to school in a small town. We had one guy in our school who openly professed to be gay. He was a super nice guy. He walked more feminine than I did and he kind of reminded you of Jack off of Will & Grace. He never once got beat up in our school. He had friends. There were kids who made fun of him, but he didn't care. He had so much confidence that he couldn't care less what others thought of him. He really was one of the best "girlfriends" I had in high school. But I still don't agree with his lifestyle and he accepted that of me because I didn't treat him any different than I do other people.

I think acceptance and tolerance could be taught on both sides. I think there are a lot of gay people and gay supporters who hate people who don't agree with that lifestyle. They call them names. They tell them they are heartless, etc. Then you have those who don't agree with that lifestyle treating them like crap, calling them names, etc.

I think a good teaching of tolerance could be taught to both sides here.

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Gay cirriculum forced on elementary schools - Trigger Happy
- just like sex ed, they should make kids parents decide - tab
- being gay is not a religion - me
  - No I'm not and I know homosexuality - Trigger Happy
- Obviously......(sm) - Just the big bad
  - In general kids can be very cruel. - Trigger Happy
    - To a certain extent I agree....however..(sm) - Just the big bad
      - Quick question. - Trigger Happy
        The key word is tolerance....(sm) - Just the big bad
        I see your point but you fail to see mine. - Trigger Happy
        I actually do see your point....(sm) - Just the big bad
        I would prefer to teach my - Trigger Happy
        As far as what is said on the news....(sm) - Just the big bad
        I don't see or hear - Patty
        Wow,...you just keep digging that hole...(sm) - Just the big bad
        Feelings, goals, interests, families... - Patty
      - She didn't know about Rock Hudson's nasty behavior. - Patty
        Just what was his nasty behavior? - Babe Bridger
    - As a Christian.. - Patty
      - As the Christian you say you are... - dnh
        He didn't teach us to be doormats either! - sm
        Christ as in Christian - Patty
        Christ himself preached against sin sm - MT TOO LONG
        required to hate?? - dnh
        The Bible calls - Patty
        I did not miss your point at all - dnh
        You say we have to love ALL humans? - .-
        He doesn't tell us to - Patty
        We have the right to believe - Trigger Happy
        How can you compare smoking cigarettes with being - .-
        First of all, someone else brought up - Trigger Happy
    - Very well said! - ......nm
  - Ah yes... - Patty
- I'll go for this as soon as they get the basics right. - IMPEACH OBAMA NOW
  - "interspecies?".....(sm) - Just the big bad
    - Agreed. Teach no bullying or violence, period. - IMPEACH OBAMA NOW
    - When I was in school, we were - Trigger Happy
      - I don't believe - Patty
        So you don't think any gay students...(sm) - Just the big bad
        Please share the stories of these - Patty
        Oh Patty! I also am a Christian and sm - MT TOO LONG
        What about the children - Patty
        Be very careful what you say, Patty. As - MTfromLA
        There is nothing to rethink - Patty
        It sounds to me as if you need to go to - MTfromLA
        Have you not been reading? NO I SM - MT TOO LONG
        You don't support it, but you don't necessarily condemn it either - Patty
        You're calling someone else judgmental? - AnnuderMT
        Everyday I watch the news or - Trigger Happy
        In our area - Patty
        Media would be ALL over it if - that were true......... NM
        when it happens, the media has been sm - MT TOO LONG
        Please name the movies - Patty
        have u never heard of Matthew Sheperd?? - cj
        That is ONE movie - Patty
        And to add... - Patty
        You can come out of your box now...(sm) - Just the big bad
        Google can be - Patty
        I would say that - Trigger Happy
        Ha! Poor little gay kids...... BULL - sm
        Let me get this straight....(sm) - Just the big bad
        I may add.... the Perez Hilton type! - ......nm
    - I think you're being - Patty
- I hardly think that teaching kids...(sm) - Just the big bad
  - Just teach "no bullying" PERIOD and leave the lifestyle crap out of it. - IMPEACH OBAMA NOW
    - No bullying would be too easy........they have to push - the envelope at every opportunity! nm
  - They aren't teaching - Patty
  - Lots of times... - Patty
    - Thanks for proving my point....(sm) - Just the big bad
      - YOU'VE NEVER HAD A POINT!!! - as usual...... nm
        Are you upset? - Patty
        I believe fed up is more like it..... - ......nm
        A lot of people are fed up - Patty
      - Having sex out - Patty
        Patty you are talking out both sides sm - MT TOO LONG
        Yes, BEST to wait - Patty
        your error is in thinking you can "teach" this - cj
      - There is ignorance on both sides here. - Trigger Happy
      - Please don't use words you don't understand - like "prove". - IMPEACH OBAMA NOW
  - Just because I don't agree with - Trigger Happy
  - Public schools are NO place for pushing the - gay agenda..........PERIOD!!! nm
    - They aren't pushing a "gay agenda"...(sm) - Just the big bad
      - Tolerance is NOT what they're being taught...... - sm
      - Learn to spell lesson first before you preach right - and wrong........... nm
      - We don't have to tolerate - Patty
      - You can teach acceptance of people - Trigger Happy
      - take a look in the mirror - cj

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