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Feb 2, 2012 | Posted by: Rick in Kansas

One Town's War on Gay Teens

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Every morning, Brittany Geldert stepped off the bus and bolted through the double doors of Fred Moore Middle School, her nerves already on high alert, bracing for the inevitable.

"Dyke."

Pretending not to hear, Brittany would walk briskly to her locker, past the sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders who loitered in menacing packs.

"Whore."

Like many 13-year-olds, Brittany knew seventh grade was a living hell. But what she didn't know was that she was caught in the crossfire of a culture war being waged by local evangelicals inspired by their high-profile congressional representative Michele Bachmann, who graduated from Anoka High School and, until recently, was a member of one of the most conservative churches in the area. When Christian activists who considered gays an abomination forced a measure through the school board forbidding the discussion of homosexuality in the district's public schools, kids like Brittany were unknowingly thrust into the heart of a clash that was about to become intertwined with tragedy.

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Excellent article !!!
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In this news article; everyone is pointing the finger at everyone else; while the true culprits are getting away with cold-blooded murder
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Anoka-Hennepin is nothing more than a replay of KKK style christian terrorism from the 1950s; plain and simple
http://www.pbase.com/image/73285000
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The cure for Anoka-Hennepin's problem is to sacrifice the life of a hate preacher each time a child commits suicide
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† Exodus 21:23> And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,
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† Exodus 21:24> Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
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† Exodus 21:25> Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
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† Leviticus 24:19> And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him;
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† Leviticus 24:20> Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.
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† Deuteromony 19:21> And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot
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They can draw numbers out of a hat to pick the next hate preacher for public execution
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Once Anoka-Hennepin runs out of hate preachers; they can't cause any more suicides
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The kids will be safe
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“The rapture took no one”

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Zachariahs Third Husband wrote:
In this news article; everyone is pointing the finger at everyone else; while the true culprits are getting away with cold-blooded murder
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Anoka-Hennepin is nothing more than a replay of KKK style christian terrorism from the 1950s; plain and simple
http://www.pbase.com/image/73285000
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The cure for Anoka-Hennepin's problem is to sacrifice the life of a hate preacher each time a child commits suicide
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† Exodus 21:23> And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,
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† Exodus 21:24> Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
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† Exodus 21:25> Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
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† Leviticus 24:19> And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him;
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† Leviticus 24:20> Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.
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† Deuteromony 19:21> And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot
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They can draw numbers out of a hat to pick the next hate preacher for public execution
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Once Anoka-Hennepin runs out of hate preachers; they can't cause any more suicides
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The kids will be safe
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finally
The religious reich has blood on it's hands every time one of these kids falls prey to their hatred. They will be their own undoing in the end.

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The religious reich has blood on it's hands every time one of these kids falls prey to their hatred. They will be their own undoing in the end.
"Angry Mob of Homosexuals Attack Christians"

http://slaughteringthesheep.wordpress.com/200...

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Shame that the liberal media attempts to tie this to Michele Bachmann.

Michele Bachmann like every Christian does not want kids or adults to kill themselves but leave it to bias liberal media to try in their sneaky way to attempt to tie her to it.

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luv Sarah Palin wrote:
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"Angry Mob of Homosexuals Attack Christians"
http://slaughteringthesheep.wordpress.com/200...
I've seen the kinds of prayers that street preachers use, and in a notoriously gay area such as Castro? It was hate speech and you know it. You reap what you sow.

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luv Sarah Palin wrote:
Shame that the liberal media attempts to tie this to Michele Bachmann.
Michele Bachmann like every Christian does not want kids or adults to kill themselves but leave it to bias liberal media to try in their sneaky way to attempt to tie her to it.
Liberal media my azz. Those are buzz words you use to discredit the truth. Religitards hate truth.

http://0.tqn.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/a/R/2/p...
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luv Sarah Palin wrote:
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Religious institutions can make any rules they want for their own members; but not for others
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In the case of the video link; that attack took place in 2008 before the Federal Hate Crimes Act became the law of the land
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The christians went gay-bashing at the Folsom Steet Fair and got their sorry homophobic a$ses escorted out by the cops
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Peace and quiet was quickly restored
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What makes the christian street gang look really, really stupid was the Folsom Street Fair is a BDSM event; not a gay pride event
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The dumba$s christians were bashing the wrong party
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luv Sarah Palin wrote:
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If you want to be a sheep, go right ahead.

I for one prefer to be a human, with all that implies.
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I am a christian who beleives that God wanted us to love our neighbors and not judge them for "as you judge, so shall ye be judged". Any kind of deiscriminatory hatred and retaliation based upon such hatred are contrary to God's teachings.

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The religious reich has blood on it's hands every time one of these kids falls prey to their hatred. They will be their own undoing in the end.
BUT, how much more hell will these kids have to endure?
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If a town does this all town leaders and those who support this crap should be arrested and jailed....FREEDOM AND EQUALITY FOR ALL MEANS JUST THAT EVEN GAY PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!
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ROFL @ the school district, which is hating every minute of this and stands to suffer badly. Poor district and its people; far be it from you to pretend you have any say in this matter.

You know how this works: YOU the antigay claim YOU have the right to dictate what goes on in others' lives.

That comes back again and again to take bloody chunks out of your ass. You will live with this whether you like it or not.

This article illustrates in part why there *have* been defectors from the republican party, particularly in the younger generations. There's no way to support this type of hatred.

Children who have done nothing are suffering.

And as I have said for years, the antigay do not care. Their behavior is sociopathic and they will not, will not, will not stop until forced to do so. I congratulate the bringers of these lawsuits. Bankrupt them. These are republicans and conservatives who could probably watch tiny children's heads being blown off. I never see any compassion from them, never, never, never. Make them pay for hating kids.

They are not -- mark my words -- going to learn by any other means.
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Why would a teenager choose to be gay anyway? Something is obviously wrong in the home correct?
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Warren wrote:
Why would a teenager choose to be gay anyway? Something is obviously wrong in the home correct?
No one chooses to be gay.It is how your born...There is young people in muslim nations that are gay. Now in those nasty nations being gay can get you beat and tortured and killed....So no one is chooseing to be gay it is just how they are born...Dont tell anymore bigoted lies.

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If prayer had any value, the "pray away the gay' bigots and the bigoted bastards who support them would have disappeared by now....prayed away!
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As a kid, I used to dislike homosexuals too. Then one day I watched 2 lesbian girls go at it, and my attitude completely changed!

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After reading this article, I sit here with tears running down my face. I was a teacher for 34 years, and raised two daughters through those awful teen years. The district killed those childen as surely as if they had shot the gun or tightened the noose themselves. My stomach is sick at the notion that they believe this is Christianity. I shudder when I think this is STILL going on. HOW MANY MORE??? There and all over the country?? How many parents must weep forever because of these people???

OWN YOUR GUILT!!! You cause the problems, haters!!! You kill the children!!!

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Warren wrote:
Why would a teenager choose to be gay anyway? Something is obviously wrong in the home correct?
Another ignorant one who contributes to teen suicide. Bet you are proud of yourself.

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I think this fantastic article would be a good basis for a documentary film. My heart goes out to all the children's families.

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