Wow. You’ve gotta see this. Licensing a “God wants me to beat up the queer kid” culture. Via TPM:
The bill lays out what exactly constitutes bullying, but in one key part it says that the legislation does not prohibit First Amendment rights, and “does not prohibit a statement of a sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction of a school employee, school volunteer, pupil, or a pupil’s parent or guardian.”
…”I am ashamed that this could be Michigan’s bill on anti-bullying when in fact it is a ‘bullying is OK in Michigan law,'” Kevin Eppling, the father of the bill’s namesake, said in a letter.
the bully feel good about it.
Well. A bully is protected by the First Amendment? This is going to make my job harder. Oh, I know:
‘Thunk’ “Hey! Sonofabitch!”
“I beg your pardon, but I was only expressing my First Amendment rights by zapping you on the head with my Steel Hankie. I do hope I may have jarred something loose inside there. You seemed a little clogged up.”
God told me He wanted me to call you a fag!