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Emit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-14-10 11:51 AM
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(Another) Teen Commits Suicide Because of Cruel Harassment/Anti-Gay Bullying
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Teen Commits Suicide Because of Cruel Harassment
From: OnKneesforJesus | September 14, 2010 |

15 year old Billy Lucas was severely harassed in church-going-God-fearing Indiana for being perceived as "gay." This news comes in light of Focus on the Family's (and many other Christian groups) big campaign for NO anti-bullying education since they believe it will promote the Homosexual Agenda.
http://www.youtube.com/user/OnKneesforJesus

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Listen to the reporter and the principal saying that basically it was the boy's fault:

Reporter: "...And who he was may have fueled some of the alleged bullying ... that caused him to take his own life ..."

Principal: " ... sometimes he created an atmosphere around him kinda like a little tornado ... because he went around doing things that made dust fly ... "


From Joe.My.God.:
INDIANA: 15 Year-Old Boy Commits Suicide Over Anti-Gay Bullying

Another dead victim of anti-gay bullying, this time in Indiana.

~snip~

The 15-year-old never told anyone he was gay but students at Greensburg High School thought he was and so they picked on him. "People would call him 'fag' and stuff like that, just make fun of him because he's different basically," said student Dillen Swango. Students told Fox59 News it was common knowledge that children bullied Billy and from what they said, it was getting worse. Last Thursday, Billy's mother found him dead inside their barn. He had hung himself. Students said on that same day, some students told Billy to kill himself. "They said stuff like 'you're like a piece of crap' and 'you don't deserve to live.' Different things like that. Talked about how he was gay or whatever," (...)

~snip~


School administrators claim to have had no knowledge of the bullying, despite many students saying that they were aware of Billy's torment. A memorial Facebook page for Billy can be found here. Indiana does not include gay youth in its anti-bullying laws, no doubt thanks to repulsive Christianist groups like Focus On The Family.

~snip~
http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2010/09/indiana-15-year-old-boy-commits-suicide.html


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