* Please note that the Gay Straight Alliance site referenced in this post is not the 'official' GSA site nor is it connected with GLSEN.
The Gay Straight Alliance* has put out an astounding new tid bit of info. At the bottom of their homepage they claim:
Without GSA access, students are forced to simply kill classmates who
taunt & bully - Shooting, stabbing and poisoning are the common
forms of retribution. Far too many government officials like bullying
children to the point where retribution against classmates and faculty
is only option to redress relentless human rights violations in many
regions. Speciously-named "pro-family" leaders are child molesters who
make money stigmatizing homosexuality to silence gay victims.
So essentially the GSA powers that be are saying two things: 1) Put in a GSA at your school and we gaurantee that you'll be safe from school massacres. 2) If you don't have a GSA then taunted gay kids only option is murdering those who tease/bully them.
This is absolute bull. I was a taunted 'gay' kid. I was spat on, beat up and teased mercilously for years and never did I consider killing anyone---not even myself. Bullying is horrific, to be sure, and I know that some kids react to years of it in violent ways, but saying that a GSA will CURE that is nonsense.
And then there is the claim that pro-family leaders are child molesters. Wow. Whoever wrote this garbage deserves to be fired.
Check out Mike Ensley's Blog where he shares his thoughts on this new marketing tactic. Warren Throckmorton also comments on the violent message (and others) we found at the GSA site.
If you are as outraged as I am about this, send an email to [email protected] and tell them to publicly apologize and to stop the hate.
* Please note that the Gay Straight Alliance site referenced in this post is not the 'official' GSA site nor is it connected with GLSEN.
