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Loving Bullies
Value: Love your Enemies
Rocco and Butch were the worst bullies in school. Every day they wandered the halls and everybody tried to stay out of their way. Sometimes they beat up the boys but more often, they pulled girl抯 hair or teased them until they cried. Nobody knew what to do about Rocco and Butch so everyone just learned to stay away from them but if they did catch you, you should cry right away because that made them happy and they would go to the next person to bully.
One day a new girl started school in the fifth grade. Her name was Holly and the rumor went around fast that she was the daughter of the new Pastor at the Methodist church which was the biggest church in town. Cindy and Holly became friends right away and Cindy knew she had to warn Holly about the bullies pretty fast but it was too late. As Cindy turned the corner in the halls to her locker, she saw Rocco and Butch beginning to bully Holly. They were teasing her and laughing but Holly didn抰 cry. 揅ry Holly, cry.� Cindy whispered under her breath hoping Holly would get the message but she didn抰.
The bell rang and soon the halls were filled with kids and everyone was running out to the bus or to get picked up by their parents in the pick up line so Cindy didn抰 get a chance to find out what happened. But the next day she ran up to Holly as soon as she saw her. 揌olly,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], I saw you talked to Rocco and Butch. I wanted to warn you about them. They are really mean bullies. So be careful.�
Holly just smiled a big happy smile and said 揙k Cindy. Don抰 worry.�
Rocco saw Holly at her locker before Butch did. 揌ey Butch, there抯 that new girl.� He commented.
揝omething is different about her.� Butch said. But they walked toward her their usual scary walk that usually made kids run away. 揌ey it抯 the preacher抯 kid. I bet the preacher抯 kid is the worst kid of all. That抯 what they say about preacher抯 children you know.� Butch taunted her. That抯 when Holly did something so unexpected that both bullies just froze in place not knowing what to say.
揙h hi Butch. Hi Rocco. I was hoping to see you today.� And she gave them the biggest smile either of them had ever seen. Her smile was so pretty and full of friendship and love that they were paralyzed. 揙h,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], I saw you had a snickers bar in your pocket yesterday Rocco.� She continued. 揥e have a bunch of those so I asked mommy if I could bring you some and she said yes and she said you sounded like super nice boys and you can come over to play video games at our church youth night this weekend if you want to.�
Then Holly put a candy bar in each boys hand and hugged them both and ran off to class singing a happy song and skipping.
揥hat just happened?� Rocky said finally, when he could speak again. Butch didn抰 know but he liked it. Then when they recovered their senses, they saw what seemed to be the whole school staring at what just happened and how a little blond girl caused the meanest bullies in the school to stop in their places and she hugged them and skipped away singing.
The next day was more amazing yet. Instead of wandering the halls, pushing people抯 books out of their hands and pushing girls down, Rocco and Butch went straight to Holly. And instead of those mean smirking ugly smiles that meant they were going to hurt her, they glowed as she talked to them. Cindy watched in the amazement as Holly talked to them for several minutes during the lunch hour and at the end she hugged them again and the two bullies went outside and didn抰 bully any people for the rest of the day. That way Friday, so everyone was so curious about what was going to happen on Monday.
Monday was so amazing it was almost impossible for the kids and even the teachers to believe. Rocco and Butch showed up in regular clothes, not bully clothes and they were smiling and even seemed a little shy. But when they saw Holly, they ran to her and hugged her. Cindy saw this and thought she even saw Butch cry a little bit. The bell rang and they went to class. After class, she finally got a chance to talk to Holly.
揥hat did you do to Rocco and Butch, Holly?� She asked eagerly.
揑 loved them.� Holly answered happily. 揟hey are really very sweet. I will introduce you to them at lunch. Rocco is way funny.� She giggled.
揧ou loved them?� Cindy said in amazement. 揃ut they are bullies.� She objected.
揟he Bible says to love your enemies and you know what amazing thing happens when you love your enemies Cindy?�
揥hat?�
揟hey stop being enemies and then you don抰 have enemies any more. That抯 what my daddy taught me and what he preaches every Sunday and he does that because that is what Jesus taught.� Holly continued. 揑 invited Rocco and Butch to church and youth group and Sunday night they accepted Jesus and they are going to join our youth group and instead of using their talents to hurt people, they are going to learn to go on missions trips next summer.�
And just as Holly said, Rocco and Butch not only stopped being bullies,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], they because the most popular boys in school. In fact, no bullies could do anything in Cindy抯 school because Rocco and Butch knew all the bullies and wouldn抰 let them hurt people and started sharing Jesus with them.
揌ow did you have the courage to love them, Holly?� Cindy said with awe.
揑t doesn抰 take courage Cindy.� Holly answered. 揑ts what Jesus wants us all to do so if you obey him and share his love with others, they will follow Jesus too and before long, everybody will love God and serve him. Wouldn抰 that be so cool?�
And Cindy had to admit. She saw it work with Rocco and Butch so what Jesus taught about loving enemies proved to be a truly miraculous teaching that Holly showed everybody how to live out at their school that year.
The Court of Appeal pointed out that R and F's submission in the county court was of overt, conscious racism, and it was not prepared to find that there had been unconscious discrimination.The decisionThe Court of Appeal said that, unlike the ordinary civil claim where the judge decides, on the claimant's evidence only, whether the claimant has made out a case, in this case the judge had had the benefit of the whole of the evidence. Despite the school's failure to comply with the statutory requirements, the judge had been entitled to find on the basis of all the evidence that R and F had not proved racial discrimination.

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