Posted on 02/15/2008 10:29:06 AM PST by paltz
(CNSNews.com) - A 14-year-old California boy is charged with a hate crime as well as attempted murder for shooting a 15-year-old boy who "sometimes wore makeup, high heels and other feminine attire," as the Associated Press reported.
The victim, Lawrence King, is brain dead, and prosecutors expect this to become a murder case very soon. They want to try the young suspect as an adult.
King was shot in the head Tuesday morning while sitting in class at a junior high school in Oxnard, Calif.
California has some of the nation's most liberal anti-discrimination, anti-bullying and "diversity" laws, including several that apply to schools and took effect on Jan. 1.
Homosexual activists have seized on Lawrence King case.
"Ten years after Wyoming college student Matthew Shepard was brutally murdered because of his sexual orientation, a 15-year-old gay California student is brain dead after a student allegedly shot him because of his sexual orientation and gender expression," the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network said in a news release. (The group says it's main focus is ensuring safe schools for all students.)
According to GLSEN, the 14-year-old suspect was among a group of students known to bully and harass King, who reportedly told classmates he was homosexual.
"As a nation, we've had our heads in the sand for far too long," said Kevin Jennings, executive director of GLSEN. "We need to do everything we can to prevent something like this from happening again."
GLSEN says the problem of "anti-LGBT bullying" must be addressed in the nation's schools. "We must confront the fact that LGBT [lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender] students are much more likely to be threatened with a weapon and much more likely to feel unsafe at school than other students," Jennings said.
Judy Shepard, executive director of the Matthew Shepard Foundation, said the attack on King "underscores the fact that we cannot let hate go unchecked in our schools and communities." She urged "all parents and teachers to educate their children and students about acceptance, understanding and compassion."
California leads on LGBT issues
As GLSEN itself noted, California is one of only 10 states that protect students from bullying and harassment based on sexual orientation. It is one of only five states that protect students from bullying and harassment based on gender identity/expression.
"Safe schools laws and policies are vitally important, but simply having a law is not enough," Jennings said on Thursday. "Schools need to implement staff development and training to address anti-LGBT bullying and harassment. Schools also need programs that teach young people respect and tolerance."
Too much emphasis on sex, some say
But some conservative groups say California has gone overboard when it comes to "sexual indoctrination" in the schools.
The California-based Campaign for Children and Families has just launched an appeal urging parents to removed their children from public schools.
The group argues that home schools and church schools "are the only way to rescue children from sexual indoctrination."
CCF points to two news laws, SB 777 (The Student Civil Rights Act) and AB 394 (The Safe Place to Learn Act), which took effect on January 1.
SB 777 bars any classroom instruction or school-sponsored activity that "promotes a discriminatory bias" against sexual orientation and gender. (According to CCF, the bill "functionally requires public school instructional materials and school-sponsored activities to positively portray cross-dressing, sex-change operations, homosexual 'marriages,' and all aspects of homosexuality and bisexuality, including so-called 'gay history.'")
AB 394 requires that school districts be monitored to ensure they are complying with laws regarding student safety and harraasment. (CCF said AB 394 "requires public schools to distribute controversial material to teachers, students, and parents which promotes transsexuality, bisexuality, and homosexuality, all under the guise of 'anti-harassment' training.")
"This is the type of gender-bending education which students may have to endure unless their parents rescue them from the increasingly negative public school environment," said Randy Thomasson, president of Campaign for Children and Families, at a news conference earlier this week.
CCF has set up a RescueYourChild Web site to help parents who are concerned about the new laws.
I don’t care what they charge him with, as long as he gets the death penalty.
Not really sure of your point - maybe it’s me, but are you comparing some of these posters to Aztecs who engaged in ritual sacrifice? All because we acknowledge that Christian kids can be cruel also?
The behavior of the Aztecs, towards people from other tribes, is exactly what I object to. I see some of the religious leaders of today practicing the same kind of mentality. The only difference is, they have not yet progressed to the point of demanding human sacrifices. But listening to them, I am sure that if we give them time, they will.
Just pointing out that antinomianism is a dangerous heresy ~ it’ll lead you to forgive EVERYTHING, even that which is dangerous or deadly.
Except the Shepard incident wasn’t based on his sexual orientation. It didn’t make the crime less horrific. It didn’t mean that he wasn’t homosexual. It didn’t make him deserving of being brutally murdered. Its just that the facts just got in the way of the gay template and the fact that the perpetrators were just murderous robbers didn’t fit. More lies from the more equal. Its kind of like saying that if a rapist is a protestant and his victim is catholic, its a hate crime. Murder is murder. Hate is hate, but I’m sure we are in deep trouble when we invoke “the thought police”.
You are exactly right.
Of course, that's just my experience.
But the stories I hear from my wife's co-workers, a former teacher at one of GA's public "schools of excellence" are jaw-dropping.
[Ten years after Wyoming college student Matthew Shepard was brutally murdered because of his sexual orientation]
Drug deal gone bad...
Oh, and I was repeatedly called a “private school snob” by the girl next door growing up, the same girl who got a baby blue 911 for her 16th birthday.
Give it a rest.
The kid was sitting in class minding his own business when someone else walked up and shot him in the head.
That you and several others on this thread try and minimize this and somehow justify it disgusts me.
Least you can do when engaging in arguments of this nature is to bother finding out what the debaters' positions are.
No wonder you find yourself running around screaming.
A little information can do wonders to settle the mind.
I'm arguing anything. There is no debate here. A sick twisted psychopath brought a gun to school and shot another kid in the head.
No debate. Zilch, zero, nada. Spin it how you want. The kid did nothing to ask for being shot in the head.
People lurk on Free Republic to gauge conservative sentiments and when they read the garbage that has been posted on this thread, well, hell, we might as well be posting on Stormfront.
Things were happening. People had histories. Someone failed to instruct this kid in how to protect himself in an evil world.
And it sounds like you want to cover all that up and say it's just toooo muuuuuch to discuss such horrid things.
Must be my dispassionate clinical style.
And yes, there's a debate and discussion going on in this thread and some of you don't think you should be blamed for helping mislead young children into dangerous situations.
And worse, think about this 15 year old (below the age of informed consent in any state) who believes himself to be a homosexual. How do you think he came to think that? Do you think maybe some older males were inappropriately involving themselves in his life?
Screw you, Freepers are not even close to Stormfronters.
I had heard that he was an aggressive gay as well, and would ‘tease’ back the boys who teased him by pretending to come on to them. This is (speculation by someone who was there) what got him shot.
thought we were supposed to be all equal so why is it classed as a hate crime when a homo gets done yet homo’s who like to run around telling everyone they like to have sex with the same sex attack a straight is not a hate crime
hate crime laws are some of the most stupid in the country
That is indeed the truth
here in northern florida , actually ponte vedra a school hired a woman from massachusetts, since she has a big say in the hiring process there have been lesbians hired for the school along with a homo man.
Thankfully most parents and kids ignore the gay brainwashing around here.
This is what bugs me.
The word homophobic and the liberal name calling the libs do
Phobic is to be scared live in fear of
I am not afraid of of homo’s, I am not living my life with a fear of them, I just don’t think they are normal in the head and need mental help.
having sex with the same person and then acting like they do is not natural .
If nature intended men to have sex with other men they they would be able to reproduce, they cannot and therefore they are doing an unnatural act
The homo’s actually think they should be married now if that is not delusional I don’t know what is
Why because the poster thinks the kid should have been in a mental institution
The kid certainly had mental issues and if you have mental issues then you should be seen and treated for those mental issues.
So should his parents, of course the libs like to say let the kid find himself but the job of a parent is to guide your son to being a good husband, a good father not to let the kid dress as a woman.
As with all gays they too should be seen for their mental issues as it is not natural for a man acting, dressing or having sex with another man.
Please let me know if you find the reference, because if that is true it changes the case completely.
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