http://floridaagenda.com/2010/05/27/franken-works-to-outlaw-bullying-of-lgbt-students/ Florida Agenda Your Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender News and Entertainment Resource Sun, 19 Oct 2014 01:49:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.4 http://floridaagenda.com/2010/05/27/franken-works-to-outlaw-bullying-of-lgbt-students/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Sat, 29 May 2010 00:40:04 +0000 http://floridaagenda.com/?p=785#comment-73 Thank you Mr. Franken. As a 48 year old gay man who was bullied in High School because people THOUGHT I was gay (I had not yet come to that realization at the time. I didn’t “bloom” until college)I feel very strongly about the addition to the anti-discrimination laws a passage on school bullying due of GLBTQ youth. The scars still linger over 30 years later but I survived. I cry for those who give up and wither beneath the cruety of other students and faculty. I realize now that at a different time, Columbine could have been my high school and my 15 minutes of fame could have been because I had had enough and chose to deal violently with the issue. I hope and pray this will pass and the Religious bigots, who are supporting the condemnation and bullying with their sermons and twisting of scripture, will not be able to prevail. I am sure they will shout and hoot and holler. May they be silenced by the TRUTH being revealed. Not the false truth they believe they know. ]]>