Licensing Bullies Bill Beaten by Bully Pulpit

This post was written by Brian Rendel on November 10, 2011
Posted Under: Bridge Awards

In the “just in case you have not seen the news” file, we repeat here some of the highlights of the discussion on licensing bullies in Michigan. The legislation was originally intended to make bullying more difficult, but once the current lot of unsupervised Republicans controlling every part of Michigan state government got their appendages on it, they managed to transform an anti-bullying bill into a bully license for Michigan kids.

The bad bill was met with a stern rebuke by the Democratic leader in the Senate and quickly got the nation’s attention, including Stephen Colbert who addressed it on Tonight’s Word.

A leader using a bully pulpit was able to stop the full force of the GOP controlled Michigan government. It started with a strong voice, as you can see in the video below, in which Minority Leader in the Michigan Senate Gretchen Whitmer takes Republican senators to task over the bad legislation.

Today, the Detroit Free Press reports that the Michigan State House voted for a revision of the bill that stripped the horrible provision that would let students bully if they claimed it was for religious or moral purposes (otherwise known as the “bully license”).

The bully pulpit works.

Leader Whitmer gets our Bridge Award for her courageous stand on behalf of bullied kids everywhere.

Senator Whitmer makes Michigan proud.



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