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Michigan Senate Drops 'License To Bully' Bill, Adopts New Version

Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Gretchen Whitmer, Bullying, Michigan Schools, Anti-Bullying Legislation, Michigan Democrats, Michigan House, Anti-Bullying Law, Anti-Bullying, Video, Michigan Senate, Michigan Republicans, Matt's Safe School Law, Anti-Bullying Bill, Michigan, Anti-Gay Bullying, School Bullying, Education News

Michigan's state Senate dropped a bill Tuesday that critics called "a license to bully," and instead adopted a House version that represents a comprom...

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Students Stand Against Michigan Bullying Law

The Communicator, Community High School Newspaper | Posted 11.29.2011

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Republicans in the Michigan state Senate recently passed a bill entitled “Matt’s Safe School Law,” an anti-bullying measure designed to reduce b...

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Michigan's Anti-Bullying Law Exemption Dropped By Senator

Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Equality Michigan, Dawud Walid, Gretchen Whitmer, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Rick Jones, Anti-Bullying Law, Gay Bullying, Video, Gay Rights, LGBT Rights, Muslims, Matt's Safe School Law, Matt Epling, Michigan, Anti-Gay Bullying, Gay Voices News

Michigan-based lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) advocacy groups say they are relieved after an area senator agreed to drop a controversia...

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WATCH: Stephen Colbert Sounds Off On Michigan's Anti-Bullying Law

Posted 01.11.2012

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The implementation of a controversial new Michigan law designed to clamp down on teen bullying ignited an emotional wave of criticism, particularly am...

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Lawmakers Respond To Controversial GOP-Backed Bullying Bill

Posted 01.11.2012

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Michigan's state House passed its own version of an anti-bullying Thursday, smoothing over the language in a bill passed by the Senate last week that ...

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Leave Religion Out Of Michigan's Anti-Bullying Law

Paul Brandeis Raushenbush | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Bullying, Religious Freedom, Bullying in Schools, Religious Freedom and LGBT, Michigan Bullying Bill, Matt Epling Bill, Michigan Bullying, It Gets Better, Matt's Safe School Law, Religion News
Paul Brandeis Raushenbush

The idea that religious beliefs require special provision within a law meant to protect the most vulnerable should be an affront to all religious people.

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