Comments on: ‘They got ugly in their bones’ http://www.dallasvoice.com/%e2%80%98they-ugly-bones%e2%80%99-1099688.html The Premier Media Source for LGBT North Texas Mon, 30 Jul 2012 17:05:57 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Phyllis Guest http://www.dallasvoice.com/%e2%80%98they-ugly-bones%e2%80%99-1099688.html#comment-67036 Phyllis Guest Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:54:01 +0000 http://www.dallasvoice.com/?p=99688#comment-67036 “As the Tennessee Legislature takes up a bill (HB 1153) to protect bullying as religious expression…”

My gawd, Hardy, thanks for alerting us. This is so absurd and, yes, ugly, that it is hard to grasp.

]]> By: Gay Observer http://www.dallasvoice.com/%e2%80%98they-ugly-bones%e2%80%99-1099688.html#comment-66993 Gay Observer Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:23:46 +0000 http://www.dallasvoice.com/?p=99688#comment-66993 The real source of bullying behavior sanctioned by the religious right goes to the very heart of religious fundamentalism wherever you find it—and that is the need for fundamentalists to create a sense of “other” to reassure themselves they are the chosen few. It boils down to “I’m going to heaven, but you’re not.” This is how they justify bullying, as well as killing other humans in the name of their god.

]]> By: Jarod http://www.dallasvoice.com/%e2%80%98they-ugly-bones%e2%80%99-1099688.html#comment-66953 Jarod Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:41:46 +0000 http://www.dallasvoice.com/?p=99688#comment-66953 Before he moved to tennessee, he lived in san antonio texas and went to my former school, and even though i beraly knew him, he was a nice, sweet kid that was one of the coolest people i ever met, and its a shame he had to go like this, that people in this world just have to bully, and it needs to stop
RIP Phillip Parker
We’ll miss you buddy

]]> By: John A Smith http://www.dallasvoice.com/%e2%80%98they-ugly-bones%e2%80%99-1099688.html#comment-66945 John A Smith Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:43:49 +0000 http://www.dallasvoice.com/?p=99688#comment-66945 As as parent that lives in Gordonsville,TN. I have dealt with the issue at hand. I make it a point to tell my children to treat others nice no matter who they are or what their color is. I had an issue about this very same thing and I always told them to tell the teacher. The teacher will help you. The teacher wants to be as far as way as possible from the issue. Afterwards, I went to the school, told the teacher that MY kid will fight back. The teacher said: NO NO NO, you will not tell your son that.
What do you do? Your kids are powerless, the teachers are powerless, and you just send them blindly day after day and just hope and pray they’ll be OK?

The students at the Gordonsville school told some of their teachers, but the teachers didn’t act. How could you blame them, the system makes it where they can’t do anything.

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