There is a lot of concern today about bullying. I remember being bullied when I was in elementary and middle school. Most of my friends were bullied in one way or another, too.
But bullying has become a political buzzword used by people with a view of children, marriage, family, education, law, and society that opposes God.
In Minnesota, pastors are rallying to speak against a potential “anti-bullying” bill currently under consideration. A close friend of mine is part of this group of men who not only stand upon the wall but, after sounding the alarm, come down to enter the fray. My friend is a former missionary to Brazil. He recognizes spiritual warfare. He serves today as a missionary to former Soviet-occupied countries in Eastern Europe and Russia. He is aware of manipulative tactics. My friend knows how societies can collapse upon themselves when evil is not resisted.
What follows is a portion of the letter being sent to pastors in Minnesota. Would you please take a moment to read it? I know it matters to me. Why? Because my younger son and daughter live in Minnesota with their young family. Because many young friends of mine have children in the Minnesota public schools. And because the state now facing an “anti-bullying” law is neither the first nor the last. Here’s the letter:
We are accustomed to a culture that has historically supported morality and ethics that have flowed out of our Judeo-Christian heritage. As we are painfully aware these values are crumbling fast. Perhaps out of some discomfort or habit or fear of upsetting some of our members we have remained silent regarding these issues. Our silence is now being construed as condoning these issues and of having our young students indoctrinated with yet another destructive immorality.
On the morning of January 30, 2014, a group of pastors will gather to become more educated about the “anti-bullying” bill that will come before our legislators in February of 2014. This educational opportunity is designed for our clergy to get first hand knowledge about a proposed law that will directly and profoundly affect our church members as well as our teachers and administrators in both public and private schools.
Many of us were bullied when we were in grade school, middle school and high school. It really didn’t matter if you were tall or short, fat or skinny. Whether you did or did not wear glasses or braces it really didn’t matter. If you were shy or nerdy, pimple faced or buck teethed you were a target for the bully. Most everyone growing up, for one of these reasons or another, was occasionally harassed, intimidated and in other words bullied.
Today, the word bully is the newest political buzzword. Daily, our teachers and school administrators are bombarded with a barrage of a variety of bulling accusations. A new “anti-bullying” bill has already been written and will most likely be brought before our legislators in February of 2014. However, this bill is NOT about stopping bullying. In this legislation it intentionally excludes traditional bullying and only protects those students who are LGBT (an initialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender). This proposed “anti-bullying” legislation does little to address the universal problem of bullying. Rather, it is disguised as a protection for your child but in reality is just more pressure from the homosexual community pushing their agenda on our culture. You can go to this website and watch a video that will help you better understand what this bill is really about. http://mnchildprotectionleague.com/activist-central/
I have seen the pictures and held the book, It’s Perfectly Normal, by Robbie H. Harris and Michael Emberley, proposed as a part of a curriculum for K-12. You can find it on amazon.com. It has cartoon pictures of grade school children masturbating, naked pictures of young boys and girls, a couple having sex. Why should a 3rd grade boy or girl be exposed to this pornographic material? A pastor would be dismissed if this material were found on his computer. Yet, Governor Mark Dayton has already agreed to sign House File 826 (HF 826), the proposed “anti-bullying” legislation. Why? Could it be that his real intention is to redefine bullying and to “transform” our educational system?
Minnesota law already requires schools to implement anti-bullying policies and we have several laws in place to protect every child in our schools. Teachers do not need another law to follow. Our teachers already have enough to do in the classroom. This bill will only serve to handcuff teachers more and to pit our parents and students against our teachers. What’s more frightening is that this is all done in secret as the parents are not to be informed when their child has been pulled out of the classroom and disciplined for bulling another student. Can this really be true? Yes. I read the proposed bill and that is exactly what it says.
I’m not a citizen of Minnesota. I suppose I could say that what happens in Minnesota stays in Minnesota. But I know better, don’t you?
So, I am speaking up… not against people but against ungodly ideas. Followers of Christ are not called to change the world, but we are called to resist evil and choose life. The impact is generational.
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