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Once again, I’m copying from and referring you to Good-As-You.

Be sure to check out all their links:

03/31/2008

Silly Sally sullies PFLAG’s account

Last week, as you might recall, the Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) organization met last week with Oklahoma’s new face of queer basis, Rep. Sally Kern. And while PFLAG’s account of the session left us with the impression that Sally had at least made some positive concessions in terms of the hiring and firing of workers based on sexual orientation, Rep. Kern has taken the opportunity to clarify that in actuality, she’s still just as queer-hostile as we always thought she was. (more…)

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How can we ever expect to stop violence in our schools and protect young people when our politicians are trying to kill the children in other nations? What can we do about this? Can we stop future wars by working to end bullying in the schools?

John McCain’s chart-topping single “Bomb Iran” on YouTube.

(Also playing at The Real McCain)

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I attended an education seminar several years ago in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was sponsored by Youth Services of Tulsa. The speaker was respected educator, author and speaker Barbara Coloroso whose most recent book, at the time, was The Bully, The Bullied and The Bystander. PFLAG is also working to end bullying and physical violence in our nation’s schools through the amendment to the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act.

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Here is another professional who shares this view and offers suggestions on what we can do to stop the problem.

Ian Palmquist is the Executive Director of Equality North Carolina.

Opinion: The Root of School Shootings

3/18/2008 - Executive Director Ian Palmquist’s column for NC Policy Watch on the link between bullying and fatal violence in our public schools in light of Lawrence King’s murder.

Lawrence King

Originally published by NC Policy Watch. (text below the fold) (more…)