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The campaign began in September 2010, when Savage noted a number of suicides by gay teenagers who had been bullied for their [[sexual orientation]]. He told gay teens to hold on to their [[homosexuality]], promising them that adult homosexual life will provide them "levels of happiness, potential, and positivity".  

The campaign began in September 2010, when Savage noted a number of suicides by gay teenagers who had been bullied for their [[sexual orientation]]. He told gay teens to hold on to their [[homosexuality]], promising them that adult homosexual life will provide them "levels of happiness, potential, and positivity".  

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 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"/>  

The It Gets Better project is currently a national embarrassment. In 2012, as many as 100 students walked out of an anti-bullying speech by [[homosexual activist]] Dan Savage when he turned the topic to the [[Bible]] and delivered an anti-[[Christian]] rant.<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> He went on to mock those who left, saying that it was "funny as someone who is on the receiving end of beatings that are justified by the bible, how pansy-assed some people react". <ref name="mocks2">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao0k9qDsOvs Dan Savage's rant on YouTube></ref>

In response to the suicide of a gay teenager named Billy Lucas, Savage expressed, "I wish I could have talked to this kid for five minutes. I wish I could have told Billy that ''it gets better''. I wish I could have told him that, however bad things were, however isolated and alone he was, ''it gets better''."(Author's emphasis)<ref>http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLove?oid=4940874 Give 'Em Hope</ref> Savage, in conjunction with several organizations founded the project as a [[501(c)(3)]] organization and set up a [[YouTube]] [http://www.youtube.com/itgetsbetterproject channel] to which videos could be uploaded.

In response to the suicide of a gay teenager named Billy Lucas, Savage expressed, "I wish I could have talked to this kid for five minutes. I wish I could have told Billy that ''it gets better''. I wish I could have told him that, however bad things were, however isolated and alone he was, ''it gets better''."(Author's emphasis)<ref>http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLove?oid=4940874 Give 'Em Hope</ref> Savage, in conjunction with several organizations founded the project as a [[501(c)(3)]] organization and set up a [[YouTube]] [http://www.youtube.com/itgetsbetterproject channel] to which videos could be uploaded.