Irish actor Colin Farrell has endorsed Stand Up!, a campaign to end gay bullying in Ireland.
The Hollywood star said he has witnessed homophobic attacks in Ireland against his own brother, Eamon.
Now the Farrel brothers have joined forces with ‘Stand Up! Don’t Stand for Homophobic Bullying’, a campaign launched last week by BeLonG To, an Irish LGBT youth organization.
“Each individual, as a member of his and her community, must Stand Up! In the face of this appalling brutality that plagues our schools," Farrell said in a statement.
"In effect, bullying is no less than the systematic doling out of pain upon the innocent. It is literally laughing in the face of somebody as they fall into increasingly grave danger. It's not my place to draw parallels, but we have had enough of such hardships. The world has."
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Adding: “Whether it be the attacking of gay students, which I witnessed first hand happening to my own brother, or students who are in the minority as a result of race or religious beliefs or any other such characteristic that separates them from 'the norm,' it is all wrong and has no place in a just and compassionate country such as I know Ireland to be.
“We have always been praised as being the friendliest and most welcoming race in the world. My wish is for us to prove it daily, in the school yards and playgrounds across this Great Land of Ours,” Farrell concluded.
Stand Up! - Don't Stand for Homophobic Bullying video below:
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.Sireno64 | Mar 13, 2012, 11:00 AM EDT
IrelandNorth, your comments demonstrate your steadfast refusal to use a dictionary or abide by commonly agreed-upon definitions. Your definition of 'homophobia' is so flat out wrong that it can't even be used as the instrument of misinformation as you obviously intend it to be. Secondly, homosexuality is not measured by a standard of right or wrong, no more than hetersexuality can be measured or evaluated by absolute standards.
forflann | Mar 09, 2012, 11:41 AM EST
IrelandNORTH? This is a comment more apt to come from a Republican Roman! I think you're a long way from the UK Irish I knew in Chicago's Canaryville neighborhood!
IrelandNorth | Mar 09, 2012, 08:30 AM EST
What the phuck is homophobic bullying? Homophobia is fear of men, not hatred of homosexuals, as commonly and conveniently misinterpreted. If you bullied a man that you feared because he was a man, that could only mean that you didn't fear him in the first place, and consequently wasn't bullying. Bullying may be wrong. Homosexuality isn't necessarily right.
Mousemess | Mar 08, 2012, 10:49 PM EST
Bhuel, Irish-Gaeilge Go mifhortunach, nil fuaim ar bith ann ar mo riomhaire ag an am seo. Afach, ta me in ann comhtheacs an scannain seo a thuiscint gan e seo a chloisint. English-Bearla Well, unfortunately, there is no sound at all on my computer. However, I am able to understand the context of this film without hearing it. Gaeilge Mo sheacht mh'anam sibh, a Choilin agus a Eamoinn. Go mbeannai Dia daoibh agus bail o Dhia ar an obair leis an homafoibe a dhibirt as Eirinn. Go n-eiri libh faoi dheireadh. Bearla Well done, Colin and Eamon. May God bless you and God bless the work of banishing homophobia from Eire. (Ireland) May you succeed at last.
EileenL | Mar 08, 2012, 08:57 PM EST
Good Video ,good job Colin and Eamon you got my hand too
christilcaugh | Mar 08, 2012, 02:30 PM EST
I am more and more impressed with Colin! This is a must for any country too. Great work done by both of them and so many others across Ireland.
eiriamach | Mar 08, 2012, 12:09 PM EST
The video shows how to undercut the bullying. Good!
joanxis | Mar 08, 2012, 11:51 AM EST
Well said, Colin!
Luna005 | Mar 08, 2012, 11:22 AM EST
Amazing!!!
hollabackgurl | Mar 08, 2012, 11:01 AM EST
Fantastic.