CAUGHT ON TAPE: School Bus Driver Brings Girl to Tears for Opposing Gay ‘Marriage’

Life Site News ^ | June 2 2010 | Kathleen Gilbert

[GonzoII]

Wednesday June 2, 2010

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CAUGHT ON TAPE: School Bus Driver Brings Girl to Tears for Opposing Gay 'Marriage'

School won't reprimand driver who called student "Stupid Little Bigot"

By Kathleen Gilbert

CARMEL, Indiana, May 27, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - An Indiana family has filed a civil lawsuit against a local school bus driver caught on tape harassing their daughter to the point of tears and calling her a "stupid little bigot" based on her pro-family views.

Several news stations reported the story with video from a school bus camera capturing Carmel School Bus Driver Betty Campbell's tirades, sparked after the girl said she would not have voted for President Obama based on his pro-abortion and pro-same-sex "marriage" agenda.  The exchange took place in November 2008, one day after Obama was elected to the presidency.

On the video, Campbell can be heard addressing a black student with reference to the pro-family student saying: "If she says anything racial to you, I want to know about it 'cause I'm going to eat her alive. I mean it." After the student said he did not listen to the girl, Campbell replied, "Well, you're a smart guy, and Rachael is a stupid little bigot." 

"That's not someone looking out for someone. That's someone out to get somebody," remarked Dr. Ed Zimmer, the girl's father. 

Campbell is heard in another portion of the footage telling students: "If you can't believe in tolerance toward one another, you don't belong here. You belong in a parochial church school." 

In addition, the parents note that after dropping off the students along with their daughter and her sister, Campbell summoned the two girls back onto the bus, without their parents' consent. There, the bus driver lectured the girl on reasons to support same-sex "marriage" as the student can be seen on the school bus camera footage crying.

"I don't want to hear one more word about anyone going to hell if they are gay or if they're Buddhist or whatever, 'cause it's none of your damn business," Campbell can be heard saying in a separate portion of the video. However, Zimmer said during a deposition that Campbell admitted under oath she had never heard the girl actually say those words, according to a CBS report.   

Carmel Clay Schools refused to fire Campbell, reportedly denying some of the parents' claims; Zimmer told news outlets that the school told him Campbell was "working within the scope of her employment." 

The girl's parents sued the school district in August 2009, alleging emotional distress was inflicted upon their daughter, and seeking to make the district pay damages and court costs. The trial is scheduled to begin in December.

Attempts by LifeSiteNews.com (LSN) to reach Dr. Zimmer were unanswered as of press time. Dana Kendall, assistant to the superintendent at Carmel Clay Schools, declined to comment to LSN on Zimmer's statements or on whether Campbell had been disciplined because of the pending litigation.

See ABC Video.

To contact:

Carmel Clay Schools
Jeff Swensson, Superintendent
(317) 844-9961 x.1048


Ron Farrand, Director, Facilities and Transportation
(317) 844-9961 x.2303

URL: http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/jun/10060204.html

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[GonzoII]

Bus Driver Lectures Kid on Gay Rights

[goodwithagun]

Irony: Demanding that I accept and tolerate an action or belief in the name of open-mindedness.

[ontap]

Sounds to me like some voters need to fire some school superintendent!

[ETL]

No need to worry, Obama's "Safe School Czar" is on the job!

Obama's "Safe School Czar" Kevin
"use a condom" Jennings
__________________________________________________________

From the Washington Times...

EDITORIAL: At the president's pleasure
'Safe school czar' encouraged child sex with an older man
September 28, 2009

A teacher was told by a 15-year-old high school sophomore that he was having homosexual sex with an "older man." At the very least, statutory rape occurred. Fox News reported that the teacher violated a state law requiring that he report the abuse. That former teacher, Kevin Jennings, is President Obama's "safe school czar". ..."

According to Mr. Jennings' own description in a new audiotape discovered by Fox News, the 15-year-old boy met the "older man" in a "bus station bathroom" and was taken to the older man's home that night...".

On the tape, Mr. Jennings recollected that he told the student to make sure "to use a condom" when he was with the older man. That he actively encouraged the relationship is reinforced by Mr. Jennings' own description in his 1994 book, "One Teacher in 10." In that account, the teacher boasts how he allayed the student's concerns about the relationship to such a degree that the 15-year-old "left my office with a smile on his face that I would see every time I saw him on the campus for the next two years, until he graduated." ...

http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/sep/28/at-the-presidents-pleasure/

[Sherman Logan]

Intolerance will not be tolerated!

And I am in full charge of deciding what constitutes intolerance.

[GonzoII]

Ping.

[ETL]

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/sep/28/at-the-presidents-pleasure/

[Sherman Logan]

calling her a "stupid little bigot" based on her pro-family views.

Misleading. Based on wording elsewhere in the article, this statement was made to another student, not to the little girl.

[John O]

Yet another reason why faggots (and their enablers) should never be allowed around chidlren.

The third law of homosexuality:
Any exposure of children to homosexual behavior is child abuse

[Le Chien Rouge]

Carmel Clay Schools refused to fire Campbell.

If Campbell had been humming Christian Hymns while wearing a cross, he would have been fired ASAP.

[AAABEST]

ping

[GonzoII]

calling her a "stupid little bigot" based on her pro-family views.

"Misleading. Based on wording elsewhere in the article, this statement was made to another student, not to the little girl."

What is misleading? She clearly said this to another student ABOUT Rachael, calling her a "stupid little bigot".

"On the video, Campbell can be heard addressing a black student with reference to the pro-family student saying: "If she says anything racial to you, I want to know about it 'cause I'm going to eat her alive. I mean it." After the student said he did not listen to the girl, Campbell replied, "Well, you're a smart guy, and Rachael is a stupid little bigot."

[massgopguy]

The bus driver took the child out of her home. That’s cause for an Amber Alert.

[reagan_fanatic]

This was obviously a set up by bigoted, intolerant Christians to make gays look bad.

After all, everyone knows there is no such thing as an intolerant, hateful queer.

[MrB]

Someone needs to issue a good old fashioned beat down on this person that basically attacked a little child.

When society and those in authority won’t do what’s right, the rest of us have to.

[Sherman Logan]

“Calling her a ‘stupid little bigot’” implies to me that the statement was made directly to her face.

YMMV.

[momtothree]

I can’t believe the bus driver was working within the scope of her duties? Oh, please. The driver is a bully and intolerant of this little girls views. Plus, she created an environment for the other girls to tease/bully/harass this little girl. Personally, if the school system does nothing then the parents should go to court and sue the driver personally. I hate bullies and adults who bully children are beyond evil.

[TET1968]

That bus driver’s mouth just cost the locals...big time.
We will see who get’s “eaten alive”.

[MIlle]

As much as I think certain people here are way over the top in their irrational, ignorant fear and hatred of gays, the bus driver’s behavior is unacceptable and yes, she should be severely reprimanded, if not fired. Had I been Rachel’s parent or if something like that happened to my niece, I’d be waiting the next day for that crazy, Leftist beeothch and I’d give her a verbal beat down she wouldn’t soon forget.

[bolobaby]

The left doesn’t even know the meaning of *tolerance*. They confuse it with acceptance. They are wildly INTOLERANT because they refuse to tolerate anyone who does not openly ACCEPT their beliefs.