Last week we noted that former first lady and Dallas resident Laura Bush, despite her stated support for equality for same-sex couples and her longtime focus on education, hadn’t said anything about the gay teen bullying and suicide crisis. Well who knows, maybe she was listening, because while Bush hasn’t yet made her own “It Gets Better” video, she did say this about the subject in an interview with ABC News (video above):
“Bullying in every kind, certainly gay teens, is really, really terrible, but any children, is terrible. And schools really need to make sure that bullying is not going on,” Bush says. “I was proud of the Fort Worth city councilmember [Joel Burns] that talked about it. I think that’s part of the ‘It’ll get better’ project. I think that’s what he said to children, to young gay teenagers is, ‘It will get better,’ and it’s really important for us to not allow bullying of any kind in schools.”
Coincidentally, Bush goes on to talk about a recent visit to North Dallas High School, which is where transgender student Andy Moreno was denied a chance to run for homecoming queen. Have a look.
She’s a classy lady. Don’t know what she saw in shit head.
She sure didn’t speak up for gay folks while she was in the White House, when it might have mattered. She’s Dallas’ own Eva Braun.
Well, glad to see she has seen the wrongs of her husbands ways.
Laura Bush has done more than most Republicans for the cause — she deserves more credit than she gets She could easily keep her mouth shut now and say nothing. Tha twould certainly be the easiest approach. And let’s face it, some people are just so damn partisan that they won’t give her any credit because she is a Republican.
Laura Bush is a classy lady. She shouldn’t be compared to her husband for any reason. I’m not a Republican but always respected her as a person. If she ran for any political office she has my vote. She’s down to earth, rational, caring, kind and very personable. Hopefully, she can with other celebrities who have made “It “Get Better” video and exchange ideas and maybe push for new laws to protect gay & lesbian teens and adults also. There is no hate law on the books in any US city. That in itself is a crime.