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National Day of Silence was marked by ABC's Dan Harris. "Students at high schools across the country refrain from speaking to draw attention to anti-gay discrimination." Specifically teachers and administrators are criticized for being reluctant to crack down on bullies who use anti-gay bigotry in their taunts "whether the targets are gay or not." Such bullying presumably outrages Christians and inspires their solidarity. Not so. "Some Christian groups are organizing school walkouts arguing this day forces acceptance of immoral behavior." Immoral, as in being sexually attracted to those of one's own gender--not immoral, as in refusing to punish bullies.
The reason why Harris' report is worth watching is not because of that meanspirited hairsplitting. It is because of the sad story of Carl Walker-Hoover. He was gay-baited at his new school and hanged himself with an extension cord. He was eleven years old.
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