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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[TChris]

As much as I think certain people here are way over the top in their irrational, ignorant fear and hatred of gays...

Try out your statement with a minor changes:

As much as I think certain people here are way over the top in their irrational, ignorant fear and hatred of pedophiles...

You appear to have been persuaded by the homosexual agenda in normalizing the behavior. You treat this behavior and lifestyle as though it's like race, or some other inherent trait. That's simply not true, though they have been pushing very hard on many fronts to make it appear and to be accepted as such.

Homosexuality is an act, a choice and a lifestyle. It's no more wrong to oppose it than it is to oppose other destructive and immoral acts and lifestyles: pedophelia, zoophelia, alcoholism, drug addiction, etc.. Every one of them can have strong genetic and/or environmental components to them, yet we don't accept that they should be normalized and protected classes. Every one of them is wrong and destructive, and we oppose them. Homosexuality is no different, really.

Conservatives are not "irrational and ignorant" because they hold the line on condemning immoral and destructive acts and lifestyles. Accepting the homosexual propaganda, on the other hand, does not make one rational and knowledgeable either.

[Lee'sGhost]

Not to be a jerk but for demonstration purposes:

If I told Gonzo that “you are a dumbass” then I have called you a dumbass. Doesn’t matter whether I said it to you or not. The way the sentence was written in the article makes it ambiguous as to whether the comment was made directly to the girl or not, but is later clarified.

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[little jeremiah]

Will ping this out today, thanks for alerting me.

[little jeremiah]

Oops - he got it already.

One more reason to homeschool. ARTH list?

[Neoliberalnot]

This is exactly what queers and homophiles do; they harrass and sexually offend kids—this is the face of sexual perverts confronted with those that are disgusted by their deviant behavior. This women should be charged with assault, child abuse and sexual harrassment.

[Neoliberalnot]

Nobody on the planet fears queers. Making ignorant statements does little to promote your homophilia. Most people, especially men are however, disgusted by deviant sexual behavior such as two males felching, rimming and the general consumption of fecal material. If you consider public health worthy of consideration then you know that male homosexuals are the #1 vector for the spread of infectious diseases. Take time to look past the hollywood marketing of deviance and look at the science. This behavior is a huge and easily controllable health care cost with consequences out-costing smoking tobacco. If you are interested, I can provide info from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), but this is science, not the marketing of deviance.

[manc]

where is her tolerance for the girls and majority in this country views

sick, this woman made a child cry just because she believes in normal traditional marriage and family and then tries to play the racial card to a black kid

[1951Boomer]

Meets criteria for kidnapping.

[manc]

we have seen so much intolerance since obama came in .

the illegals, hispanics, homosexuals most certainly have been the most vile disgusting dirty intolerant people thus far.

They care about nothing but their kind of sex and then push their sick disgusting intolerance onto others who oppose them.

This driver should be sued, charged criminally and be fired.

No one has a right to take a child away from everyone and upset them or put them down in front of others.

hey MEDIA WHERE ARE YOU ABOUT THE HOMOSEXUAL INTOLERANCE WHICH IS EVERYWHERE TODAY?

[John O]

Homosexuality is an act, a choice and a lifestyle. It's no more wrong to oppose it than it is to oppose other destructive and immoral acts and lifestyles: pedophelia, zoophelia, alcoholism, drug addiction, etc.. Every one of them can have strong genetic and/or environmental components to them, yet we don't accept that they should be normalized and protected classes

Just to head this off at the pass. There is NO genetic component to homosexuality, pedophilia or zoophilia. These are chosen behaviors and are abberations from normal heterosexuality.

Every study that has ever shown a gentic link for homosexual behavior has been debunked. Many studies have shown no genetic link whatsoever.

Alcoholism does, and drug addiction etc may have a genetic component. They are legitimate genetic diseases and should never be linked to behavioral choices such as perverse sexuality.

[MamaTexan]

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 am so sick of this same-sex marriage lie.

Homosexuals are NOT being discriminated against....they have the same right to marry a person of the opposite sex that everyone else does!

[trisham]

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.

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I am usually vehemently opposed to this kind of thing, but it appears that this will be the family's only recourse. I hope they win big.

[ETL]

Well said! What IS “irrational” is promoting homosexuality as a normal, healthy ‘alternative’ life style.

[TChris]

Every study that has ever shown a gentic link for homosexual behavior has been debunked. Many studies have shown no genetic link whatsoever.

Maybe I should have phrased it differently. I believe any number of aberrations can have genetic predispositions, or in other words, a person may be born with a particular weakness.

Some people will become alcoholics when they drink and others will not, with everything else being equal. That particular weakness is something some are born with. This fact does not excuse the problem, but it is readily observable.

Likewise, I think a homosexual can be born with a weakness which might lean him in that direction, but in no way does it automatically dictate that this will be his future and lifestyle. Nor does it excuse the choice to walk down that path.

So, no, I don't believe in a "gay gene", but I do think it's one of many weaknesses a person may be born with.

[longtermmemmory]

so now OFFICIAL school board reps and duties include telling students to leave the public tax funded schools?

I know we have the reflex home schoolers, but this seems an acknowledgement that school choice is not only better, it should be mandatory.

[John O]

Likewise, I think a homosexual can be born with a weakness which might lean him in that direction, but in no way does it automatically dictate that this will be his future and lifestyle. Nor does it excuse the choice to walk down that path.

Again, no genetic link has EVER been shown for this chosen behavior. It is 100% environmental.

So, no, I don't believe in a "gay gene", but I do think it's one of many weaknesses a person may be born with.

If you are born with it, it's genetic. No one is "born" homosexual, or even with a tendency to it. It only arises due to trauma of some sort.

The lead cause is an absent or insufficent relationship with one's father. Second most prevalent cause is being sexually molested or otherwise abused, Third seems to be relentless teasing by one's peers during the formative years. All of these are environmental factors. Not genetic.

[metmom]

Thanks for the ping. I’ve already pinged other threads out about this incident, but I appreciate you letting me know. I sometimes miss stuff the first time around.

[metmom]

Yeah. But I’ve pinged other threads about this same topic.

Disgusting and certainly a reason to keep your kids out of the clutches of the government run indoctrination centers.

[Tired of Taxes]

This story sounds like that South Park episode about “Intolerance Camp”.