North Carolina bullying ban dies in committee

And to think they protested with howls and shrill whines about a plastic doll wearing fishnet stockings ... but let a child be bullied - no problem!

North Carolina legislation protecting schoolchildren from bullying died Thursday in committee, Raleigh's News & Observer reported.

"The failure of this bill to pass . . . sends a bad message," state Sen. Doug Berger told the Observer.

To quote one, Gloria Brame:

"Ya reckon? Give that man the Understatement of the Year Award."

The controversy that prevented the bill from passing surrounded the addition of "sexual orientation" as a reason a student may face discrimination or bullying, the Observer reported.

The Christian Action League and the North Carolina Family Policy Council objected, saying that LGBT groups would use the bill as leverage for other rights legislation.