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I suppose you’ve been reading the newspaper stories about the problem of bullying in schools in this country. Apparently it’s quite the epidemic. But did you catch the story about the US state of Michigan (or more accurately Republicans in Michigan) passing a law that actually protects religious bullies along with miscellaneous other bullies as well? Yes, that’s right. The story is almost too incredible to believe but apparently the good people of Michigan have passed a law against bullying in schools unless the bullying is based on a “sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction.” Now since I’m sure most serious and systematic bullying has some basis in a religious belief or some cockeyed moral conviction about the relative worth of the bully and bullied the bottom line is that this law, ostensibly an anti-bullying law, is more properly considered a pro-bullying law.
To add insult to injury Michiganians named their pro-bullying law Matt’s Safe School Law in reference to some kid named Matt Epling, who apparently committed suicide at age fourteen after anti-gay bullying at his school... Sorry but only selected archived (previous year) posts are currently available full text on this website. All posts including this one are available in my annual anthology ebook series available at the Amazon Kindle Bookstore for a nominal fee. Hey, we all need to make a buck somehow, right? If you find my timeless jewels of wisdom amusing or perhaps even amusingly irritating throw me a bone now and then. Thank you my friends!
