Is Bullying Homosexuals right?

On Thursday a group of protestors went to a small town in Arkansas town where they held a demonstration to call for the resignation of a school board member who posted anti-gay comments on a social networking site. Clint McCance, vice-president of the district posted on facebook that he wanted homosexual people to commit suicide according to The Advocate, a newspaper focusing on gay news. McCance also stated that if his own children were homosexual he would disown them and that he is glad that his children are not homosexual. McCance was upset due to people wearing purple shirts on October 20, in rememberence of the students who commited suicide from experiencing anti-gay bullying, and to show solidarity with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered youth who face the same pressures. The district commented on McCance comment by saying
The Midland School District also denounced the posting. "The district strives to foster an environment that discourages all forms of bullying," it said in a statement, "and an environment that encourages a safe and productive educational climate [for] all of our students. The district is very diligent in pursuing and addressing bullying of any variety on our campuses."  Everybody wants McCance to be fired or to resign due to his comments.




On Tuesday, the federal government warned that bullying and harassment in schools often includes violations of federally protected civil rights. Officials warned that school administrators who fail to properly deal with harassment risk being cited for civil rights violations. In extreme cases, such violations could lead to cuts in federal funding.

The Civil Rights vs. Satinicty of Privacy's
Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from unwarranted infringement by government and private organizations, and ensure one's ability to participate in the civil and political life of the state without discrimination or repression.
Civil rights include the ensuring of peoples' physical integrity and safety; protection from discrimination on grounds such as physical or mental disability, gender,religion, race, national origin, age, or sexual orientation: and individual rights such as the freedoms of thought and conscience, speech and expression, religion, the press,and movement.
Privacy law is the area of law concerned with the protection and preservation of the privacy rights of individuals. Increasingly, governments and other public as well as private organizations collect vast amounts of personal information about individuals for a variety of purposes. The law of privacy regulates the type of information which may be collected and how this information may be used and stored.



I believed McCance is wrong for posting those comments and shouldnt judge people due to being homosexual. McCance shouldn't post things like that because people could use that and try to commit suicide. If i say that stuff i would be highly upset and McCance should resign and apologize for his comments. What are your thoughts to what McCance said? Do you agree with him or disagree? How would you feel if you was Homosexual and was being bullyed?

Is the first amendment violated?

An Ohio middle school teacher was accused of burning images of the cross on students arms with a scientific device and keeping a bible on the teacher's desk. The teacher was fired and he filed a lawsuit against the school district stating that his free speech and civil rights were violated. The teacher claims that he was defamation and said he was harassed because of his religion and suffered a hostile work environment. He also asked the jusdge to give his job back as a 8th grade teacher. The school district states that he was fire due to having an internal investigation on him which they found that he had preached Christian beliefs in class.

In the Constitution, the first amendment deals with the hole concept of freedom of religion and if its allowed in school. Over time, the decision of court cases has changed the rights of people and if they are allowed to display religion in school. The teacher are not allowed to talk about religion and what kind of religion is right to believe in. If they do, do this then they are violating the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment and the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. According to this story, the teacher is violating these clause and i believe he is. Now its your opinion whether or not the teacher is violating these clauses.