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OTTAWA - Openly gay edian Rick Mercer seems to have stck a chord wh his ll for an end to bullyg school by llg attentn to the problem wh one of his signature "rants."

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RICK MERCER LLS FOR ROLE MOLS FOR GAY TEENS

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RICK MERCER SAYS GAY TEENS NEED MORE ROLE MOLS

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"In his rant, Mercer said he knows police officers, soldiers and bet misters who are gay.

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Comedian Rick Mercer is speakg out agast the bullyg of gay teenagers, sayg public figur need to provi them wh more support.

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"If you are young and vulnerable and that age, would certaly help to see more and more visible people who are gay and lbian.

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If you are gay and public life, I'm sorry, you don't have to n around wh a pri flag and bore the hell out of everyone, but you n't be visible, not anymore.

Although Mercer is openly gay his private life, he was cricized for not explicly mentng that on his televisn show, the CBC's Rick Mercer Report. The bullyg of gay teenagers has taken on great promence over the past year after the high-profile suicis of several teens, many of whom were featured the "It Gets Better" mpaign. The "It Gets Better" project was the brachild of sex advice lumnist and gay rights advote Dan Savage, and featur gay adults tellg teens their liv will improve.

Mercer said he's agast outg people, as gay and lbians may have personal or profsnal reasons for not g out, but 's somethg to thk about.

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"I'm not sayg people need to step up and be a lear or gay activist... (I'm) jt sayg would be better if there were more visible gay ps, gay soldiers, gay hockey players, " he said.

he would put on gay people public life.

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"I know gay ps, soldiers, athlet, bet misters, " the 42-year-old Mr. Mercer, who is gay, said on his CBC-TV show this week.

Gay teenagers need them as role mols, he said, bee gay teens are beg bullied, and some take their own liv – Jamie Hubley, jt 15, of Ottawa, did so this month. "If you're gay and you're public life... Mercer would impose a burn on gay people that is on no one else our society.

That is a very big burn, different (and yet not so different) is om the burn of recent tim which gay people felt they had to keep their orientatn secret, even om fay members. One of the signal victori of the past few s has been to ee gay people om the burn of secrecy.

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