Unlikely allies are still allies: Church of England and gay rights group Stonewall team up to combat

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[URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24996368"]Church and Stonewall to target homophobic bullying[/URL]
[QUOTE]The Church of England and gay rights group Stonewall are to work together to tackle homophobic bullying in Church schools, it has been announced.

Stonewall said that, while it had not always agreed with the Church, they were "both on the same side here".

The news was revealed on day one of a three-day meeting of the ruling general synod at Church House, Westminster.

In July, the Archbishop of Canterbury said he would "specifically target" homophobic bullying in Church schools.

The Bishop of Oxford, the Right Reverend John Pritchard, revealed the collaboration on Monday afternoon, in answer to a question from members of the synod.

Stonewall said the Church had initiated discussions earlier in the autumn.

"We've had some interesting initial discussions to try to replicate what some C of E schools are doing, across all Church schools," Stonewall senior education officer Luke Tyrl said.[/QUOTE]

[Scrappa]

Having experienced homophobia from the bloody head mistress it will be hard to fix the problems in some of these schools without some pretty serious actions being taken related to the staff.

[🅱️🅰️LLS. ➿]

The church is against homophobic bullying? Isn't there some sort of irony in that?

[EcksDee]

[QUOTE=Badballer;42912407]The church is against homophobic bullying? Isn't there some sort of irony in that?[/QUOTE]

Churches aren't some insanely malevolent institutions made to destroy gays you know.

[Sgt-NiallR]

[QUOTE=Badballer;42912407]The church is against homophobic bullying? Isn't there some sort of irony in that?[/QUOTE]

The CofE is more progressive than Catholicism in a fair few ways.

[lazyguy]

Knowing Stonewall their solution is probably "why bully gays when you can go after trannies instead?"

[Deunan]

[QUOTE=Badballer;42912407]The church is against homophobic bullying? Isn't there some sort of irony in that?[/QUOTE]

Even the catholic church doesn't advocate bullying. They'd rather be gays didn't exist I guess, but bullying is also a no no.

[Flak]

[QUOTE=Scrappa;42912402]Having experienced homophobia from the bloody head mistress it will be hard to fix the problems in some of these schools without some pretty serious actions being taken related to the staff.[/QUOTE]
Don't worry, it's not just gays who get this treatment. Even regular bullying is often ignored by school administrations: if they don't see it, they don't have to deal with it, and that looks better on the books.

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[QUOTE=FlakAttack;42925612]Don't worry, it's not just gays who get this treatment. Even regular bullying is often ignored by school administrations: if they don't see it, they don't have to deal with it, and that looks better on the books.[/QUOTE]

In my elementary school, at the time I was there, it wasn't bullying unless someone got hit.

And if you fought back, you got suspended under the school's zero-tolerance rule on fighting. They didn't care who started it.

So you either ran for a teacher while getting your ass beat or you got sent home assuming your parents could come pick you up after you defended yourself. But hey, it ain't bullying, it's fighting.

Fuck you with a rusty machete, Mr. Green.