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Anti-Gay Parent Attacks California School Board for Addressing Bullying | Gay Rights | Change.org

Anti-Gay Parent Attacks California School Board for Addressing Bullying | Gay Rights | Change.org

Anti-Gay Parent Attacks California School Board for Addressing Bullying

Fighting school bullying should be everyone's business, whether that bullying is based on gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or more. And that's exactly what the Vallejo Unified School District in California was trying to do, by expanding their anti-bullying curriculum to include a video entitled "Let's Get Real," which deals with racial differences, perceived sexual orientation, disabilities, religious differences, sexual harassment and more inside America's schools.

Sounds reasonable, right? After all, the video has won multiple awards from entities like the American Library Association, the Parents' Choice Foundation, the International Family Film Festival, and more.

But some parents in the school district have blown a gasket that the video was shown in the classroom, going