Yes, this is a real advertisement for Michigan Representative Pete Hoekstra that really aired during the Super Bowl in Michigan.
… yep, and that’s a real Chinese-American actress who agreed to speak in an ungrammatical ching-chong accent while riding a bicycle with a straw hat. What year is this? Is there a new Charlie Chan movie coming out or something?
Michigan Senator Gretchen Whitmer responds to language inserted into an anti-bullying law last-minute that would make bullying acceptable on the grounds of religious or moral reasons. This bill went on to pass the senate.
The Michigan Senate passed legislation Wednesday that requires school districts to develop anti-bullying policies, but the father of the boy for whom the bill is named says he has strong objections to language inserted at the last minute.
One of the reforms will require school districts to have procedures in place to address bullying complaints. But the bill now also has language that says requirements don’t “prohibit a statement of a sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction of a school employee, school volunteer, pupil, or a pupil’s parent or guardian.”
Kevin Epling, whose son Matt Epling killed himself in 2002 after being bullied, said that the added language will allow anyone to bully a student and cite their religious beliefs.
Matters of religion aside, no law should ever stipulate that some cases of people, especially children, tormenting each other are acceptable. Read the rest of story here.