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Line 16: − + − "" − The It Gets Better Project is currently a national embarrassment. In 2012, [[homosexual activist]] Dan Savage was supposed to deliver an anti-bullying message to [[high school]] students. However, as many as 100 students walked out on his speech as he shouted vulgarities about the [[Bible]] and mocked [[Christian]]s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dan Savage discusses bible at High School Journalism convention |date=27 Apr 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao0k9qDsOvs |accessdate=18 Jun 2016}}</ref><ref name="mocks">[http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/anti-bullying-speaker-curses-mocks-christian-teens.html Anti-Bullying Speaker Curses Christian Teens] Starnes, Todd, FoxNews Radio, April 27, 2012</ref> It was reported that Savage engaged in verbal bullying as well. <ref name="mocks"/> In his effort to defend sexual perversions, Savage purported in his [[Anti-Christian]] slur that ''"We can learn to ignore the bullsh*t in the Bible and what it says about gay people,"'' and then claimed ''"The bible guys in the hall can come back now because I'm done beating up the bible."''<ref name="DailyMail2012">{{cite web |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2136502/Dan-Savage-blasts-Christian-teens-walked-lecture-criticised-bullsh-t-Bible.html |title=Anti-bullying speaker Dan Savage blasts Christian teens who walked out of lecture after he criticised 'bullsh*t in the Bible' |publisher=dailymail.uk |date=29 Apr 2012 |accessdate=18 Jun 2016}}</ref> − + + +
→It Gets Better: removing duplicate reference and adding info on a special recognition award
After a spike in news reports on [[Homosexuality and mental illness|gay youth suicides]], Dan Savage started the [[It Gets Better project]]. The point of the project is to make videos assuring gay youths that their lives will improve after high school and college, and that bullying experienced for being gay will subside or be overcome by positive experiences.
After a spike in news reports on [[Homosexuality and mental illness|gay youth suicides]], Dan Savage started the [[It Gets Better project]]. The point of the project is to make videos assuring gay youths that their lives will improve after high school and college, and that bullying experienced for being gay will subside or be overcome by positive experiences.
In January of 2012, [[Vox Day]] reported that two gay teens who had made videos for the It Gets Better Project died by suicide.(see also: [[Mental Health and Homosexuality]]).<ref>http://voxday.blogspot.com/2012/01/it-really-doesnt-get-better.html</ref> Vox Day also indicated that it doesn't get better and that homosexual propagandists promote an immoral and deviant lifestyle (see: [[Homosexuality and choice]] and [[Ex-homosexuals]]).<ref>{{cite web |title=It really doesn't get better |publisher=Vox Day |date=19 Jan 2012 |url=http://voxday.blogspot.com/2012/01/it-really-doesnt-get-better.html |accessdate=18 Jun 2016}}</ref> The inescapable fact is that for those who follow Savage's advice, it won't “get better.”
In January of 2012, [[Vox Day]] reported that two gay teens who had made videos for the It Gets Better Project died by suicide (see also: [[Mental Health and Homosexuality]]).<ref name="VoxDay">{{cite web |title=It really doesn't get better |publisher=Vox Day |date=19 Jan 2012 |url=http://voxday.blogspot.com/2012/01/it-really-doesnt-get-better.html |accessdate=18 Jun 2016}}</ref> Vox Day also indicated that it doesn't get better and that homosexual propagandists promote an immoral and deviant lifestyle (see: [[Homosexuality and choice]] and [[Ex-homosexuals]]).<ref name="VoxDay"/> The inescapable fact is that for those who follow Savage's advice, it won't “get better.”
Although the Student journalism should not according to the National Scholastic Press Association and Journalism Education Association ''"shy away from controversial topics and viewpoints"'', it should still promote and engage in civil discourse, a standard that Savage’s speech fell short of.<ref name="OnSavageInTime"/>
The ''It Gets Better Project'' for which Savage receved a special recognition award during the 15th annual Webby Awards in New York on the June 13, 2011,<ref name="OnSavageInTime"> is currently a national embarrassment. In 2012, [[homosexual activist]] Dan Savage was supposed to deliver an anti-bullying message to [[high school]] students. However, as many as 100 students walked out on his speech as he shouted vulgarities about the [[Bible]] and mocked [[Christian]]s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dan Savage discusses bible at High School Journalism convention |date=27 Apr 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao0k9qDsOvs |accessdate=18 Jun 2016}}</ref><ref name="mocks">[http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/anti-bullying-speaker-curses-mocks-christian-teens.html Anti-Bullying Speaker Curses Christian Teens] Starnes, Todd, FoxNews Radio, April 27, 2012</ref> It was reported that Savage engaged in verbal bullying as well. <ref name="mocks"/> In his effort to defend sexual perversions, Savage purported in his [[Anti-Christian]] slur that ''"We can learn to ignore the bullsh*t in the Bible and what it says about gay people,"'' and then claimed ''"The bible guys in the hall can come back now because I'm done beating up the bible."''<ref name="DailyMail2012">{{cite web |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2136502/Dan-Savage-blasts-Christian-teens-walked-lecture-criticised-bullsh-t-Bible.html |title=Anti-bullying speaker Dan Savage blasts Christian teens who walked out of lecture after he criticised 'bullsh*t in the Bible' |publisher=dailymail.uk |date=29 Apr 2012 |accessdate=18 Jun 2016}}</ref>
Although the Student journalism should not according to the National Scholastic Press Association and Journalism Education Association ''"shy away from controversial topics and viewpoints"'', it should still promote and engage in civil discourse, a standard that Savage’s speech fell short of.<ref name="OnSavageInTime"/>
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