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  Case: That is against the Bible
During independent reading time one of the students was reading the book Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda. A few of my students began to whisper and point. Later the students went up to the student that was reading the book and stated that God is going to put you in hell for reading those books and you are probably gay. They walked away and the student was very upset.
Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!)
Clearly, this kind of thing shouldn't be allowed. All students should be free to express their own cultures and beliefs but within reason. I think it would be important to have some kind of lesson on this and how saying something as they did could be classified as bullying. All the student was doing was reading. Remind that specific student that they should be able to do that without feeling judged and remind the other students that not everything is a sin and not everything means someone is going to hell. Again, if it were me, I would give a lesson that touched on all different kinds of religion and belief systems just to show the students that there are many different ways of living and that's okay.