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This Is A Roundup Post: Michigan Edition

Started by SandraJane, December 08, 2011, 02:33:20 AM

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December 08, 2011, 02:33:20 AM
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This Is A Roundup Post: Michigan Edition

   
posted by Rachel | December 6, 2011


http://www.autostraddle.com/this-is-a-roundup-post-michigan-edition-123315/



JANICE DANIELS via detnews.com


The last time Michigan was in the gay news, it was for SB 137, or "Matt's Safe School Law," which ostensibly worked to prevent bullying but, paradoxically, actually gave both students and school employees permission to say anything they wanted, no matter how vitriolic, to any student at all. SB 137, which allowed for virtually any kind of speech or treatment of others so long as it was based in a sincere "moral conviction," didn't make it into law, in large part because of public outcry against it. It's been replaced with HB 4163, which doesn't explicitly allow teachers or students to taunt others and claim their religious or moral beliefs as a defense, but also doesn't list "enumerated classes" to be protected from bullying, which many experts say is key to effective legislation.
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