State anti-bullying laws... a gay rights movement or a true protection for children who are bullied in schools?

(Read the articles before you continue reading this post. This way you'll get a better idea as to what I'm saying.) The 2012 General Assembly: Major "Defensive Kills"; No significant "Offensive Victories" & The anti-bullying legislative forces resort to to bullying inside the state capital. (Click on the link below to read such articles.)
The Kentucky citizen Newsletter (May/June 2012)

You've heard it and I've heard it, children at schools being bullied. You read or hear about it in the news almost every month. In the state of Kentucky, there was a law brought before the house committee called HB336 or the "ant-bullying law" that protects children who are bullied in the schools, on buses or on other school grounds. Sadly this law was stopped or for better terms defeated by a two to ten vote, meaning ten voted for it, two against it.

Let me clarify this little. In order for a bill to be passed in the state senate it must be brought before a house committee of ten or more people. The committee's job is to hear arguments for and against the bill. Once heard, the committee then votes on it, if not enough votes are casted in favor of the bill then it is rejected and does not continue on into the house or state senate to be passed. And in this case it was just shy of two votes to pass on to the house and state senate. Now back to the bill itself.

This bill was defeated by two votes saying that the bill was more about "Gay Rights" than it was about protecting the safety of the children in our schools. I got this information from the newsletter stated in the link above. I might also add, I've watched some of the footage from the State's legislature updates on my local PBS station when I heard that there was a bill for anti-bullying legislation. I must admit, I didn't know very much about the bill until now after reading the two articles from the newsletter, mentioned above.

When I read these two articles, I knew I had to find out more about it because something struck me as odd. One thing, all the testimony I heard on the PBS station wasn't about "Gay Rights", it was about how bad the children were mistreated by their fellow peers and some had committed suicide because it got to the point to where they couldn't handle it no more, even with their parents doing everything they could within the laws of government and school policies to protect their child. But in the end, it wasn't enough.

Second, I felt as if these two articles were politically and religiously motivated, in my personal feelings, because in one article it talked about one of the defenders for the bill was being "physical and verbally abusive" towards the main opposer for the bill. This artical continued to say that it was even done in front of reporters. Which I don't really think is what happened because when I found out about this bill trying to be passed, I watched the news very closely and never once did I hear anything about what was mentioned in this particular article.

Now, I'm not bashing one side or the other, I'm just reporting the facts as I see them.

Going back to the legislative program on the PBS station, The interviews that I've seen for the supporters of this bill, I saw no evidence of the bill being in any way of acting as a part of the "Gay Rights" movement. All I saw was family members who had lost their children because they were bullied to the point where they felt as if there was no other escape other than death. Granted some of the testimonies were from parents who's child was part of the LGBT community but in no way did I ever see them saying that they wanted protection for other children like their own.

Their words, in no particular order, were "I don't want what happened to my child happen to another." I didn't hear them say "I don't want this to happen to another child who is a homosexual like my child was." They wanted to make their children and other children who are being bullied to feel safe while going to school.

Yes, the bill also included the protection of children who are LGBT but it's not limited to just only them. It's to all children who are bullied both straight and Gay alike. Not to one or the other and to say that the bill protects only the LGBT community is complete and utter nonsense.

Bullying isn't just limited to the LGBT community, it geared towards everyone who doesn't conform to some one's belief system. a person can be bullied because he/she doesn't believe in the same moral values as another. Another could be bullied because they are indeed Homosexual. Another, the way they dress (dressing in all black or because they don't have the "right type" of clothing). I could go on and on with the list but I won't because I feel as if you got the point.

So the next time you hear or see anything like the article above, take the time to investigate what they are saying and don't take their word at face value. Because when you dig deeper, you just might discover the real truth...