British Put Children on 'Hate Register' for Playground Taunts

British schools are creating ‘hate registers’ to monitor boys and girls who might be accused of what used to be called schoolyard banter but is now considered “homophobic.” And the British government could soon make such lists mandatory.

Consider the case of Peter Drury. The 10-year-old was messing around with a friend and allegedly called him a “gay boy.” Peter’s mother was called to the school and was told her child would be placed on a registry and his behavior would be monitored throughout his academic career.

“He doesn’t even understand about the birds and the bees, so how can he be a homophobic?” Penny Drury told The Daily Express. “Peter is a very naïve boy who didn’t know what he was doing and is now very upset that he is in trouble.”

While a number of British school keep records of racist, homophobic or anti-disability bullying, it isn’t mandatory – but that could change later this year. The government is considering a plan to make it a “statutory duty” for all schools to register incidents and for local police to maintain a database.

One British civil liberties group said as many as 40,000 children have had racist charges added to their school records.

Let's ignore the larger problem of bullying in general, and focus on homophobic bullying in children too young to understand the concept.. all to make sure they are learning the "right" ideas, of course...tosvarisch

That is so gay.