Pawlenty simply vetoed the bill because he didn’t want to give out new “special protected class” status. He is not pro-bullying. He simply doesn’t want to construct additional protected classes. There is an argument to be made that a special class protection undermines attempts to actually combat bullying. Schools already have anti-bullying policies.
If Safe Schools for All Coalition was truly interested in a meaningful and effective piece of anti-bullying legislation they would have left the politics (both sides) of “special protected classes” out of the equation.
Feel free to blame Pawlenty for pandering to the Right but make sure you ignore the construction of this type a legislation as a willful ‘wedge issue’ designed solely to attack and discredit.
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