Bachmann Anti-Gay Bullying “Not A Federal Issue” /What Does a Mother of Victim has to say?(Update)

 Jim Burroway

 

Bachmann in Costa Mesa: "Don't bother me. I'm running for President."

CBS News reports that while on the campaign trail in Costa Mesa, California, GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann quickly dismissed anti-gay bullying as an important issue yesterday:

Alex Limon says he came to a Michele Bachmann rally here for one reason: To ask the Republican presidential candidate what she intends to do about school bullying in her district that reportedly targets gays.

He got to ask his question, but he didn’t get a lengthy answer.

“That’s not a federal issue,” Bachmann said, before moving on to the shake the hand of the next person waiting to speak to her.

Tammy Aaberg, mother of the Justin Aaberg who hanged himself after the Anoka-Hennepin, Minnesota school district failed to intervene against persistent anti-gay bullying, met for an hour Thursday with Bachmann’s congressional staffer to talk about problems with anti-gay bullying in Bachmann’s district. The staffer promised to take Aaberg’s concerns to the congresswoman, and Aaberg expressed hope that Bachmann would “come up with a positive response for the country.” I think we now have an answer for her.

http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com

The mother of a gay teenager who killed himself is pressuring Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann to speak about the issue.

Justin Aaberg, 15, who went to school in Minnesota’s Anoka-Hennepin School District, hanged himself in 2010 after suffering anti-gay bullying.

The school district was recently served with two lawsuits from a total of five LGBT and straight students who say officials failed to protect them from homophobic harassment, abuse and violence.

Ms Bachmann, who has a long record of anti-gay comments, represents much of the area covered by the school district.

Justin’s mother Tammy is to deliver a 130,000-signature petition to Ms Bachmann on Thursday to ask her to condemn anti-gay bullying.

Ms Bachmann has previously said that homosexuality is “sexual dysfunction”, “bondage” and “slavery”.

She was asked in June to speak up for gay bullied teens but has refused.

House minority leader Nancy Pelosi told the Advocate: “I would think that if she wanted to be the president of the United States, she would understand that this is a larger issue than whether someone is gay or not, but as to whether someone is harassed and bullied to the point of seeing no way out.”
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