Republican Demands Resignation of Obama's Safe Schools Official

by Mike Smith · 2009-10-16 07:09:00 UTC
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Republicans are demanding the resignation of someone Education Secretary Arne Duncan called "uniquely qualified for his job." Kevin Jennings, who is charged with promoting school safety is being targeted due to his sexuality, with the Republican Steve King leading the campaign saying “These are people on the fringe. And I think it is likely that there are others out there that are part of this administration."

And this is the problem: King isn't interested in Jennings' ability to do the job of making our schools safe, but simply spouts the vague Us Vs Them sort of bigotry that the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools is working to end. Indeed: "The only thing Jennings is guilty of is trying to make schools safer for children," with 90% of LGBT students having experienced bullying in the past year, explains Joe Mirabella for the Seattle PI.

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Mike Smith is associate editor at Change.org.
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