For the tl;dr crowd or anyone who already knows what I'm talking about, here is the link to the change.org petition to do just that. As of right now it has over 1600 signatures.

As an introduction, here is a link explaining the It Gets Better Campaign, and here is a link to the Trevor Project. 

As of yesterday, nine MLB teams have created videos in support of these great charities. Of America's major sports (sorry MLS, you know what I mean), only the MLB has been supportive of these campaigns to stop bullying and save the lives of LGBTQ youths.

Regardless of your politics and/or personal beliefs about the LGBTQ community, I hope we can all agree that the bullying of children in schools, leading to a number of suicides and attempted suicides is not something that should be happening in a healthy, moral society.

That is what these two charities support. The first is about giving bullied kids a light at the end of the tunnel, to encourage them and help them realize that once they get away from high school, their lives will improve dramatically. That's a message I think anyone who was bullied in school, regardless of what for, can understand -- Johnny Damon, for example, talks about being bullied for having a stutter. The second provides counseling for anyone who has been bullied to the point where he or she is considering suicide.

Click below to read more about how we can get the Rockies to create a video, and why I believe we should.

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