(Community Matters)
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today released the following statement:
“This week, we sadly lost two young men who took their own lives for one unacceptable reason: they were being bullied and harassed because they were openly gay or believed to be gay. These unnecessary tragedies come on the heels of at least three other young people taking their own lives because the trauma of being bullied and harassed for their actual or perceived sexual orientation was too much to bear.
“This is a moment where every one of us — parents, teachers, students, elected officials, and all people of conscience — needs to stand up and speak out against intolerance in all its forms. Whether it’s students harassing other students because of ethnicity, disability or religion; or an adult, public official harassing the President of the University of Michigan student body because he is gay, it is time we as a country said enough. No more. This must stop.”
Community Matters 
Wow, this topic shouldn’t even be a topic. There is the expression that “kids will be kids” but it seems to today that kids are taking that expression to a whole new level. Is it something that we should blame on the way these bullies are raised. Being bullied because of your size, or color is one thing because kids feel like that is something that can’t control. But, when it comes to sexual orientation that is where people should come together and draw the line. The suicide rate among young teens is on the rise and it is high time that we do whatever we can to raise awareness and make information more accessible.