Thursday’s Conference on Bullying Prevention, hosted at the White House, will bring together “President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, the Department of Education, and the Department of Health and Human Services [with …] students, parents, and teachers,” according to a release. “The conference will bring together communities from across the nation who have been affected by bullying as well as those who are taking action to address it. Participants will speak about the effects of bullying and the work of students, parents, and teachers nationwide.” So who’s else is taking part? In addition to breakout sessions, there will be wrap-up sessions featuring Secs. Duncan and Sebelius along with Domestic Policy Advisor Melody Barnes. Whose name isn’t mentioned? Oh right, the always-missing Assistant Deputy Secretary for Safe and Drug-Free Schools Kevin Jennings, aka the “safe schools czar,” who I’m pretty sure was appointed by President Obama for, uh, exactly these sorts of projects. So will he be absent from the administration’s first-ever bullying conference? (Maybe he’s creating a new PowerPoint presentations?) Or is he attending but the White House doesn’t want to tip off Republican lawmakers his physical location?
the crustybastard
I say we get a Mexican to do this job an American won’t do because Jennings is still busy cowering in the corner.
Either take the bigots on headfirst, you AWOL muthafucka, or hit the bricks and give someone with a brain AND a spine a chance.
Useless bitch.
Harbo
Our government at work. Another meaningless show-and-tell.
Stanley
Hopefully even the Obama administration has the common sense to keep Kevin Jennings away from this conference. Actually, why haven’t they fired him yet?
Kevin Jennings encouraged an underage gay boy to have sex with men. He also promotes books which teach young adolescents sex practices such as fisting. Finally, he was a supporter of Harry Hay, an active member of NAMBLA.
I don’t know about you, but I don’t feel that “safe” knowing that Kevin Jennings is the “safe schools czar.” We need a man or woman who will be a good role model, with strong values, for America’s children.
http://www.gaypatriot.net/2009/10/01/kevin-jennings-not-a-public-figure-who-promotes-a-positive-image-of-gay-people/
Jimmy
I found this on the gay conservative blog,I find it to be true for the most part what do you guys think?
“And most gay people do not condone the type of relationship Jennings appeared to countenance when he did nothing to discourage that student from having sex with an older man.”
Where do you get that statistic? I would say that most of the gay community supports sexual liberation, not gay rights. Until the last few years, I never, ever met a gay who believed in monogamy. Not one single gay man. I also never met a gay man who had sexual boundaries–except, of course, for wealth and attractiveness. All the gays I knew when I was in high school were having sex with older men.
The fact that there is currently a tiny minority of gay men who have faith, morality, and values doesn’t mean you can say “most.” You want to believe that, but it just isn’t true. Most gays are into lots ‘o sex and lots ‘o drugs and they are contemptuous of anyone who wants a lifelong, drug-free, sexually exclusive relationship.
Stanley
@Jimmy: I couldn’t have said it any better myself. Except if I said the same things you did, everyone would have called me a “troll”, “hater” and other nasty comments.
The gay community is vocal about supporting “marriage equality”, but gay men in particular are much more promiscuous than any other demographic out there. It is no coincidence that gay men are the demographic associated with HIV & AIDS in the Western world. There are a precious few gay men with faith, morality, and values, but they are few and far between.
Most gay men are just trolling for their next hook-up on the internet or at gay bars. They don’t really care or practice monogamy. Even the percentages of gay men in “open relationships” are higher than for lesbians & the heterosexual population.
There are straight people who still wait until marriage to have sex for the first time. I’ve asked this before, but I’ll ask again —
How many gay men do you know who are virgins or celibate? How many gay men do you know say “I’m waiting to hold of on sex until my same-sex marriage, because I’m saving myself for my husband?”
That’s right. Close to none.
kevin
Kevin and “BF” and their on-going 3rd “trainer” must be away on another FABU vacation.