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.

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.

BullyingNoWay.com is an Australian website that has resources on combating bullying.

Forty-nine states have anti-bullying laws, according to Bully Police USA, a watchdog organization composed of parents.

Nearly a third of students in the sixth to 10th grades said in 2008 that they had either bullied students or been bullied, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, and after physical appearance, homosexuality is considered the prime factor in bullying.

Focus on the Family recently launched True Tolerance, which aims to give Christians resources for responding to “homosexual advocacy” in schools. See a report on True Tolerance.

In August 2010, the federal government held what was billed as the first-ever bullying prevention summit. Education Secretary Arne Duncan called bullying a moral issue as well as a threat to students’ education and safety. Read Duncan’s comments posted at Ed.gov.

A campaign called Claim Your Rights was launched in September 2010 by Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, commonly called PFLAG, and the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, or GLSEN (pronounced glisten). The campaign encourages LGBT students and allies to report incidents of bullying or harassment to the civil rights office of the U.S. Department […]

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.