The local hometown paper of 14-year old Kenneth Weishuhn, who died last week from suicide, devoted its entire Sunday front page to a tear jerking anti-bullying editorial. 

Reports the Associated Press:

In a rare and forceful act of advocacy, an Iowa newspaper devoted the entire front page of its Sunday edition to an anti-bullying editorial after a gay teen committed suicide.

The Sioux City Journal's front-page opinion piece calls on the community to be pro-active in stopping bullying and urges members to learn more about the problem by seeing the acclaimed new film, "Bully," which documents the harassment of a Sioux City middle school student. It notes that while many students are targeted for being gay, "we have learned a bully needs no reason to strike."

"In Kenneth's case, the warnings were everywhere," the editorial said. "We saw it happen in other communities, now it has hit home. Undoubtedly, it wasn't the first life lost to bullying here, but we can strive to make it the last.

"A lot of newspapers shy away from putting editorials on the front page, but we feel we have to be a strong advocate for our community," said editor Mitch Pugh. "And if we don't do that, we're not sure who else is."

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written by mattressfever40, April 23, 2012

thanx to SIOUX CITY for taking a stand

http://www.getoffmydress.blogspot.com/2012/04/donnez-moi-votre-argent-de-poche.html

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