Thanks to everyone who signed this petition. Taking part and getting involved in this issue, especially with Michele Bachmann in her presidential race, is very important to getting the changes necessary to stop the bullying and teen suicide.

Christine O'Donnell Claims Questions Were "Sexual Harassment" | News | The Advocate

I believe that Bachmanns true colors are starting to show. Meaning that her two-faced approach to just about every confrontation or interview will eventually lead to her downfall as the leading contender of the GOP/Tea Party's run for the presidency. She walks out of interviews, ducks reports when they ask question concerning the platform she is running on, and then spins the longesst yarns trying to defend herself.

Apparently this is her modus operandi and one that will quickly see her drop out of favor of the rich that are running this country. This is her reply on CNN (I wonder why FOX didn't give her more free time?)

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Gay Couples Raising Children are not "Families" according to Bachmann

Once again Michele Bachmann avoids the issues related to gay rights and equality. Why these interviewers let her get away with this I don't know, but it's time someone made her answer for her backwards, hate-filled views of gay people in general. She is twisted mentally in her thoughts and hypocritical in her answers. Is this the best the GOP an do for a candidate?

On Sunday's Meet The Press, David Gregory challenged GOP hopeful Michele Bachmann on her anti-gay views. Among other things he asked whether she believes a same-sex couple raising children constitutes a “family.” Bachmann doesn’t.

The 2010 Census shows that there are at least 13,718 same-sex couples living in Bachmann’s home state of Minnesota, and 2,372 of those couples report raising children.

GREGORY: Can a gay couple who adopt children, in your mind, be considered a “family”? BACHMANN: When it comes to marriage, and family, my opinion is that marriage is between a man and a woman. And I think that’s been my view —

GREGORY: So a gay couple with kids would not be considered a “family” to you? BACHMANN: You know, all of these kind of questions really aren’t about what people are concerned about right now...



[via LGBTQNATION & ThinkProgress]

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I think, most likely along with a lot of other Americans, that this has gone on long enough. Why is the media giving her such validity, especially in light of her husbands problems, her anti-gay, and her hateful views of anyone who doesn't agree with her views, as twisted as they are?

Michele Bachmann embodies the spirit of a hateful, make the rich richer, anti-gay, hypocritical, anti- equal rights (except for her and her associates) leader that the Republican party has come to be known for...we get that. In my view she didn't "win the Iowa Straw Poll' in the least bit, as the media seems to be so well painting her as having "won." Won what? The discussion avoided the real issues facing most Americans and instead focused on stupid bickering between her and other candidates. Who is it that is thinking she won this contest? Not me. If she comes into power, only through the lack of Obama's ability to stand on his own and make decisions that are best for the country, we will most likely either see a roll-back into the dark ages of the RC church making the decisions for us, or the richest 1% that run the country now will get richer as the poor get even poorer. Same thing!

I for one am ready to tune out of this business of pre-paid politics and prepare for the revolution that more polls tell us is coming.

Another student files case against Minnesota school district.

(maybe with new limits)

The Anoka-Hennepin School District in Michele Bachmann's state of Minnesota is once again being sued by a student, claiming sexual harassment. Last month, PinkPaper.com reported that five students planned to sue the district after a policy which limited staff discussions about gay issues left them at risk of bullying.

The same month we also reported that a total of nine young students have committed suicide in the area – and all of them are said to be linked to homophobic bullying. Of course Bachmann, in the GOP run for the presidential election, will not answer questions about the lack of intervention by her and the school district regarding facing one of the highest rates of teen suicide, in the same school, in the country.

Prior to this five students have joined together to sue the school district in an effort to force them to change present policies that allow pervasive bullying against LGBTQ students legal.

 “This is yet another incredibly distressing example of how the district’s shameful policy has hurt kids,” NCLR Executive Director Kate Kendell told the Minnesota Independent.

“The district has to stop turning its back on children, and recognize that its illegal policy that singles out those who are LGBT is the reason that so many children in their schools continue to be tormented — verbally, physically, and emotionally — every day.”

This case, in addition to the murder trial of Brandon McInerny, accused of shooting to death Lawrence King in 2008 (see previous posts), is another potentially important lawsuit that will certainly have an effect on not only how schools handle bullying against LGBTQ students or those with disabilities, but will also have a direct effect on Bachmann's run for the presidency. As of late Bachmann has taken the high road by not answering questions about the issue and the legality of school policy that allows students to be bullied.

We'll be following this case closely as it develops.