Tennessee passes bill allowing bullying to other LGBT students

[bejacks]

This will be brought to the Supreme Court I guarantee it.

[Ad Bot]

[bloody jumper]

No. Just, no. Why? Why would you do this? How? These are HUMAN BEINGS not human punching bags! Just because their different? Just because they do something different in the bedroom? You allow them to beat other humans senseless? These old forgets signed this bill knowing other people would be hurt? THEY KNEW this and said "Oh this is a good idea". Sorry if I got a bit passionate there, I have a friend thats gay and I just thought this was loving outrageous. If it's real, anyway.

[Gumba Jonny]

secularism is what the south needs

[Reficul]

But given that the Tennessee senate passed the bill yesterday on a 32-0 vote, and the House passed it 90-2, any veto Haslam considers likely will be overridden.

so yeah never mind what i said

i am definitely moving to japan

[KillerCop311]

i am definitely moving to japan

this (when I get the money).

[Kingdaro]

From what I've read in the bill itself, it's essentially a bill what was created to prevent discrimination against students due to religion (like a bill would really prevent that anyway). It also allows students to organize religious groups and gatherings and such, and express their beliefs in their school work without being penalized.

I'm guessing the main concern here is the spawn of a bunch of mini westboros in Tennessee schools.

[bejacks]

secularism is what the south needs

As a southerner I couldn't agree more.

[Jairo]

1960s all over again

[Zeblote]

What if 'thegailygrind' (totally serious news site 10/10) actually made up all that nonsense and it isn't actually bad at all?

[Lockebox]

Wow this website is biased lol

What makes people think that this bill will protect the right to "bully"? Does the bill even say bully in it or is it just raging secularists blowing things out of proportion? What makes them think that this bill will protect the "right to assault lgbt people"?

If anything i've seen more secularists bully the stuff out of Christians. AND making it hard for someone religious JUST to pray over their lunch at school under the guise of "offending" other people.

I'm sorry but I'm not going to buy so easily into soaking up every drop of leftist "bully cry" crap.

WHO would even try to share their religious messages in the middle of a class? That would be extremely awkward and break a social status quo. Good Lord people are really whiney

[Electrk.]

What if 'thegailygrind' (totally serious news site 10/10) actually made up all that nonsense and it isn't actually bad at all?

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from what I've read on other, much more credible sources, this bill does not allow bullying of LGBT students and actually prevents discrimination

[Chrono]

More like passes bill allowing people to believe in what they want to believe in without being punished for it.

But you know tumblr. Fights hate with more hate.

[Lockebox]

Bully my ass. I wish people weren't so stupid.

[Nonnel]

Hooray for bullying!

[Mega-Bear]

Super stuffty bill, but also a very biased website.

Tennessee’s “Religious Viewpoints Antidiscrimination Act” actually mandates that schools allow students the use of public school facilities — including the school’s public address system, classrooms and school assemblies — and makes schools “[p]rovide the forum in a manner that does not discriminate against a student’s voluntary expression of a religious viewpoint.”

The bill doesn't promoting bullying, it promotes the open practice of religion... except in the wrong settings. Public facilities shouldn't be used to send a religious message. Freedom from religion is as important as freedom of religion.

More like passes bill allowing people to believe in what they want to believe in without being punished for it.

But you know tumblr. Fights hate with more hate.

Take a look at the quote above.