{"id":16038,"date":"2010-01-28T14:31:36","date_gmt":"2010-01-28T18:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/blogs\/theanchoress\/?p=16038"},"modified":"2017-03-10T22:45:27","modified_gmt":"2017-03-10T22:45:27","slug":"palate-cleansing-feel-good-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theanchoress\/2010\/01\/28\/palate-cleansing-feel-good-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Palate Cleansing Feel-Good Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

This comes my way via reader Dick,<\/strong> and I think we can all use a palate cleanser, about now.<\/p>\n

Bullied student tickled pink by schoolmates\u2019 T-shirt campaign<\/a>Two Nova Scotia students are being praised across North America for the way they turned the tide against the bullies who picked on a fellow student for wearing pink.<\/p>\n


\nTwo students stand up for the right to wear a pink shirt without being harassed<\/em> (CBC)<\/p>\n

The victim \u2014 a Grade 9 boy at Central Kings Rural High School in the small community of Cambridge \u2014 wore a pink polo shirt on his first day of school.<\/p>\n

Bullies harassed the boy, called him a homosexual for wearing pink and threatened to beat him up, students said.<\/p>\n

Two Grade 12 students \u2014 David Shepherd and Travis Price \u2014 heard the news and decided to take action.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just figured enough was enough,\u201d said Shepherd.<\/p>\n

They went to a nearby discount store and bought 50 pink shirts, including tank tops, to wear to school the next day. Then the two went online to e-mail classmates to get them on board with their anti-bullying cause that they dubbed a \u201csea of pink.\u201d<\/p>\n

But a tsunami of support poured in the next day. Not only were dozens of students outfitted with the discount tees, but hundreds of students showed up wearing their own pink clothes, some head-to-toe<\/p>\n

When the bullied student, who has never been identified, walked into school to see his fellow students decked out in pink, some of his classmates said it was a powerful moment. He may have even blushed a little.<\/p>\n

\u201cDefinitely it looked like there was a big weight lifted off his shoulders. He went from looking right depressed to being as happy as can be,\u201d said Shepherd.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the whole thing<\/a>. Seems the bullies were discouraged from any further harassment, too.<\/p>\n

There is video here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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