Bullying Programs = "Gay recruitment"

On October 16, 2012 Nick Searver posted a blog In the AMERICAblog titled, “Religious right tries to kill anti-bullying day in schools” .  He blogs about a program that is being targeted by the American Family Association for, “gay recruitment.”  I definitely think his intended audience is the LGBT, anti-bullying groups, and parents.  

 The argument that Searver tries to make is that the American Family Association claims are basically a double standard, because they know bullying concerns people of religion, but why can’t it also help others that deal with the same scrutiny they get from our society. The Southern Poverty Law Center has created a program called On Mix It Up, a program to help against bullying, which encourages kids at school to interact with someone they normally wouldn’t interact with. Now the AFF is trying to discourage parents from sending their kids to school that day because they think the program is “a nationwide push to promote the homosexual lifestyle in public schools.”  I definitely do agree that the AFF is being obnoxious when the anti-bullying policies also help against the cruelty that some religious groups face.  With his audience Searver can provide this information to them and have other programs stand out against the American Family Association for being indirectly prejudice to the Southern Poverty Law Center and its purpose of civil rights.

I think Searver makes it clear where he stands in this issue and is able to back up his stance with the fact that here the AFF is trying to put a stop to an anti-bullying program that supports them as well, while they themselves bullying the homosexual community.