Category: Death
“Remembrances of Lives Past”
Read an Aug. 27, 2010, story in The New York Times about the growing belief in reincarnation.
“Focus on Family says anti-bullying efforts in schools push gay agenda”
Read an Aug. 29, 2010, Denver Post article about Focus on the Family’s objection to anti-bullying programs that it says promote homosexuality and portray conservative Christians as bigoted.
“Focus on the Family Stands Up for Bullying”
Read a Sept. 8, 2010, Huffington Post column by U.S. Sen. Robert Casey, a Pennsylvania Democrat, criticizing Focus on the Family for opposing a bill he introduced that would combat bullying.
“Bullies Flourishing with Christian Support”
Read a Sept. 29, 2010, column at Religion Dispatches by Candace Chellew-Hodge, founder and editor of Whosoever: An Online Magazine for GLBT Christians. Chellew-Hodge criticizes a campaign by Focus on the Family against anti-bullying legislation.
“Death of California youth puts focus on rise in antigay bullying”
This Sept. 29, 2010, article in The Christian Science Monitor includes information about the recent spike in youth suicides linked to bullying.
“When hatred is lethal”
Pamela Taylor, a Muslim columnist for The Washington Post’s On Faith blog, discusses the 2010 suicides and bullying in this Sept. 30, 2010, post.
“It’s Time to End Teenage Bullying”
See Ellen DeGeneres’ Sept. 30, 2010, response to Tyler Clementi’s suicide.
“Tyler Clementi Suicide Puts Bullying In Spotlight”
Minnesota Public Radio reported that seven teenagers in one of Minnesota’s largest school districts killed themselves during the previous year and that bullying or cyberbullying may have played a part in the deaths.