Go to http://www.legislature.mi.gov , enter "Matt's Safe School Law" into the "Bill Key Word Search (current session)" search mask. There are four bills, not sure which is the current one, but I think it's the SB-0137/HB-4163 pair. SB-0137 was passed by the Republican majority Senate along party lines and includes the contested language, which seems to be absent from HB-4163, passed by the House a week later.
The pertinent sections, lowercased for readability
(8) this section does not abridge the rights under the first amendment of the constitution of the united states or under article 1 of the state constitution of 1963 of a school employee, school volunteer, pupil, or a pupil's parent or guardian. This section does not prohibit a statement of a sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction of a school employee, school volunteer, pupil, or a pupil's parent or guardian.
(9) this section applies only to conduct by a pupil directed at 1 or more other pupils and, except as expressly provided in this section, does not apply to conduct by any other person, including, but not limited to, a school employee, a school volunteer who is not a pupil, or a pupil's parent or guardian.
I'd think that this gives a go-ahead to pupils telling other pupils that they are going to hell for being gay.
BTW, you may also want to look into what Matt Epling's parents have to say on the subject ( http://www.freewebs.com/mattepling/ ). The press failed to do the basic factchecking, Matt was neither gay nor bullied for being gay, it was just the plain vanilla we-dont-like-you-bullying type of thing. So to me it's kind of bizaare how these protections for "moral conviction" and "religious belief" end up in this piece of legislation in the first place.
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Date: 2011-11-15 10:16 pm (UTC)http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2011-SB-0137
The pertinent sections, lowercased for readability
I'd think that this gives a go-ahead to pupils telling other pupils that they are going to hell for being gay.
BTW, you may also want to look into what Matt Epling's parents have to say on the subject ( http://www.freewebs.com/mattepling/ ). The press failed to do the basic factchecking, Matt was neither gay nor bullied for being gay, it was just the plain vanilla we-dont-like-you-bullying type of thing. So to me it's kind of bizaare how these protections for "moral conviction" and "religious belief" end up in this piece of legislation in the first place.