I was tempted to simply delete this hateful, bigoted response to my post. But it’s such a prime example of why we have a problem that I chose to respond instead. Even though I’m pretty sure it’s just some ugly troll trying to get me (and others) riled up.
Have you ever noticed how those proclaiming to be against sin do the most hateful things, spout the most hurtful words and do it all in the name of “the Bible’.  Funny how you and all those like you pick and choose the parts of the Bible they throw at people like grenades.  I notice none of you ever abide by the part that says, ” Let he who is without sin cast the first stone”  Didn’t quite like that bible story did you?  Because in it Jesus made it abundantly clear that no one was without sin and no one had a right to cast stones. Not one person.
So you go ahead and pretend that your hatefulness and spite are ‘righteous’, you’ll be the one standing in front of your Lord God answering for the lack of acceptance and love for others that he charged us all with in his word.
And I hate to burst that self righteous bubble you’ve placed around yourself to try to justify your ugly hatred, but sex happens in college dorms, just as drinking does.  I’m not saying it’s right, but it’s not like this was an unusual incident.  Right or wrong, it’s not up to us to judge anyone.
I leave you with another passage from the Bible, since your so caught up in other people’s supposed ‘sins’.  I know the Bible pretty well and can’t think of one place where the Lord tells us to humiliate and bully others to the point where they feel they have no choice but to end their lives. On the contrary I believe the following verse to pretty much be the theme-
1 Corinthians 13:13 “And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”

Today there was a story about the recent suicides brought on by bullying.  My heart went out to those parents whose children had been so humiliated by other children that they felt there was nothing they could do but end their lives.  No one should be subjected to that. No one should be allowed to spitefully target an individual that way.

Some people are calling for laws that will hold bullies responsible in cases like these.  I think that there definitely should be a punishment involved for those hateful enough to destroy another person with their words and actions, the same way they would be if they were physically assaulting them.  After all, abuse experts will tell you that the emotional abuse suffered by victims is much harder to heal than physical abuse.

It’s a fact. So why isn’t there a punishment for bullying?

I know there is going to be a whole chorus of voices saying that you can’t stop bullying, that everyone experiences it and that most people make it through it fine.  That’s pure bs.

Sure many of us, me included, experienced bullying at some point in their lives, but just because we survived it doesn’t make it ok.

Others are going to say bullying is normal, after all you see it happening in kindergarten.  Again, this is just a cop out excuse.  But it should tell people something.

Acceptance needs to be taught early.  No tolerance for bullying needs to start early.  If 5 year olds are taunting each other on the playground, it should be stopped and addressed by parents and teachers alike.  Teaching children to accept others differences should both be taught at school and at home.  It should never be ok for one child to say something hurtful or spiteful to another. It should never be overlooked as normal childhood behavior.

It’s up to all of us to teach our children acceptance of others differences, whether those differences are skin color, religion, size, sexual orientation or any thing else that may be different from what they are familiar with.

Let’s help our kids make bullying the uncool thing to do, and standing up for others rights to be different what the cool kids do.