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Emily dances ever so lightly around the problem of the religious "objections."   That tiptoeing is part of the problem.  Children are killing themselves because of the torment, torment that is expressly, overtly condoned and even promoted by those "religious objectors."  

This is not a situation that has two sides, there is no other side to tormenting children to the point they kill themselves.   There is no other way to say it - those people are defending the indefensible, claiming they have a right to torment our children.   Call a spade a spade; to ignore or hide it only makes things worse. 

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