That didn’t take long did it?\u00a0 Lisa Howe, the still former women’s soccer coach at Belmont University in Nashville, has played the bully card.\u00a0 Now joining the race card, the bully card has become\u00a0the newest weapon of choice that is often misused to silence any opposition to the radical homosexual agenda within our culture.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Howe, the lesbian coach who outed herself to her players at this former Baptist school closely associated with the Country and Christian music scene in Nashville, has become the latest heroine in the fight for “homosexual rights” in America.\u00a0 Howe, suddenly thrust into the role of civil rights champion, said<\/a>:<\/p>\n “When we see in society that young people are being bullied or when we have gays or lesbians or those perceived as gays and lesbians taking their own lives, I think we have a problem.\u00a0 So, for me to continue<\/a> hiding, even when people properly assume that I was a lesbian and in a relationship … perpetuates the bullying and doesn’t take a stand against it and say ‘We can be accepted and we can be safe.'”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n As to the first part of Howe’s statement, I think most people, regardless of their personal opinions about homosexuality, would agree that we have a problem.\u00a0 There\u00a0is no question that we have seen a\u00a0recent string of suicides by homosexuals that have been\u00a0linked — directly and indirectly —\u00a0to bullying.\u00a0 Public campaigns against bullying<\/a> have\u00a0became more visible and more\u00a0vocal in recent months.\u00a0 A Newsweek<\/em> article recently stated:<\/p>\n “Bullied to death is the crime of the moment, the blanket explanation slapped on suicide cases from Texas to California, where two 13-year-olds recently killed themselves<\/a>, bullied for being gay. The most twisted example yet came last week, when Tyler Clementi<\/a>, an 18-year-old New Jersey college<\/a> student, threw himself off the George Washington Bridge after his roommate and a friend allegedly streamed a Webcam video of his tryst with a man.” (full article here<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Let me be clear.\u00a0 Bullying, no matter who the target, should be condemned in the strongest possible\u00a0language\u00a0by everyone, most especially followers of Christ.\u00a0 Every person is created in the image of God.\u00a0 Even if the bullying\u00a0never becomes physical, verbal abuse should not be condoned under any circumstances.\u00a0 To\u00a0ridicule someone as\u00a0“gay” or\u00a0a “f**” is offensive and wrong.\u00a0 Contrary to the children’s rhyme, words often hurt much more than sticks or stones.\u00a0 To harass or bully or otherwise mock or\u00a0make fun of someone shows a profound misunderstanding of Jesus’ command to\u00a0“love your neighbor as yourself.”<\/p>\n Now to Coach Howe’s playing of the “bully card.”\u00a0 How can this outed lesbian coach, who has admitted what apparently everyone already knew (“properly assumed”) about her sexuality, say that she was hiding?\u00a0 Hiding in plain sight, I suppose.\u00a0<\/p>\n And, how do her circumstances, particularly following her own\u00a0“revelations” of a partner and a child on the way, possibly\u00a0“perpetuate the bullying” that has caused teenagers and young adults to commit suicide?\u00a0 Coach Howe, whether she realizes it or not, does a disservice to efforts to combat the very real problem of bullying that is taking place throughout our country.\u00a0<\/p>\n Just like with\u00a0certain professional race\u00a0hustlers\u00a0who constantly play the race card against their opponents when there is no evidence of racism, those who play the “bully card” not only damage their credibility,\u00a0but miss out on an opportunity to enlist support in the anti-bullying crusade\u00a0from those who may otherwise believe homosexual conduct is immoral.<\/p>\n Ms. Howe wants to be safe from those she perceives as bullies.\u00a0 Everyone — gay and straight — should be afforded that same protection.\u00a0 However, what Coach Howe ultimately wants is to be accepted unconditionally, even by those who may not find\u00a0some of her choices acceptable.\u00a0 That’s why she played the “bully card.”\u00a0 Maybe it’s time to respond with\u00a0a grace card instead<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" That didn’t take long did it?\u00a0 Lisa Howe, the still former women’s soccer coach at Belmont University in Nashville, has played the bully card.\u00a0 Now joining the race card, the bully card has become\u00a0the newest weapon of choice that is often misused to silence any opposition to the radical homosexual agenda within our culture.\u00a0 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