If he merely flirted, then nothing should have been done. If it was part of an aggressive pattern of harassment, then yes, he should have been disciplined.
The "macho" punk who shot him deserves a pineapple up his a-s. If the kid was truly aggressive, a fist to the head would have been sufficient. Methinks someone was uncomfortable with his own sexuality.
Had you read the article, you would not have made this statement.
Did you read the article? The gay kid was the bully in this story. He aggressively pursued and sexually harrassed other boys. No where in the story does it infer that the shooter was a ‘mouth breather’.
Bull, if the kid would have belted the homosexual the homosexual world would have cried it was a hate crime against the homosexual.