We adults can argue all we want to. We can call each other names, denigrate each other and physically assault each other because of our differences. But you know what? Our children are listening. They see everything and they are modeling our behavior.
Some call it "bullying," but I call it emotional and physical torture. And it was school centered, emotional torture that claimed the life of 11-year-old Carl Joseph Walker Hoover last Monday. This young boy, who played football, basketball and was a Boy Scout, hanged himself when anti-gay …