Help for all

THE letter Battling The Bullies (News, 14 April) by Matthew Kirwan is indeed an interesting letter relating to the It Gets Better Project, raised at the City of Casey council meeting on 5 April.
I acknowledge the effort and the need by Cr Simon Curtis to prevent the bullying of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth in the City of Casey; however the establishment of a single pledge only identifying these special cases is offensive to all church goers, ratepayers, residents and community groups across the municipality.
The arguments of suicide by community members applies widely across the board to all community members in a wide variety of situations such as homelessness, unemployment, inability to cope with life, disabilities, health issues and those cases identified by Cr Curtis.
It is not solely based on sexual lifestyles, so why the need for a single council pledge?
At a recent Casey Council Meeting of 19 April, I raised a question in council to insert in the pledge the recognition of community members of all ages, races, sex, religious beliefs, physical and mental disabilities and cultural traditions in the one single united Casey Council Pledge.
To date, the official pledge is to be finalised and let us hope this pledge recognises all community members young to elderly equally, fairly and justly.
Paul Richardson,
Endeavour Hills.