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« on: 11 Mar, 10, 08:46:AM »
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US school cancels prom to avoid lesbian student bringing a date
Source:www.telegraph.co.uk
Date:11 Mar 2010

A school in America has decided to cancel its prom dance after a lesbian student demanded she be able to attend with her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo.

The Mississippi school district's policy requires that senior prom dates be of the opposite sex. The American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi had given the district until Wednesday to change that policy and allow 18-year-old Constance McMillen to escort her girlfriend, who is also a student, to the dance on April 2.

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« Reply #1 on: 11 Mar, 10, 09:10:AM »
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This attitude is kind of hilarious. It's the same as the catholic church withdrawing benefits from everyone's spouse to avoid giving to gay spouses. Who are these gigantic babies that run things and how long do they really think they can get away with it?
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La vie ne vaut rien mais rien ne vaut la vie.

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« Reply #2 on: 11 Mar, 10, 11:03:AM »
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This has happened to friends of mine here too. The school didn't cancel the debs though, they just banned then from bringing their girlfriends. The school only changed their minds when my friends threatened legal action!
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« Reply #3 on: 11 Mar, 10, 10:34:PM »
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I can completely see my old secondary school doing this? and if not enforced by the staff then by a student lynch mob... but yes, it does seem ridiculous in this day and age *pulls on granny persona*
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« Reply #4 on: 11 Mar, 10, 11:08:PM »
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The joys of section 37 of the so called equality legislation here mean that a very large percentage of schools here could do the same if they wanted and could not be challenged on it.
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« Reply #5 on: 06 Apr, 10, 02:45:PM »
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Constance McMillen, Fake Prom? Itawamba Dance Was Kept Secret From Lesbian Teen
Source: huffingtonpost.com
Date: 5 April 2010

A lesbian teen who successfully sued her Mississippi school for the right to bring her girlfriend to prom was left out and was instead directed to a "fake prom" on Friday, according to The Advocate.

Constance McMillen, her date and just a handful of others, including two classmates with learning disabilities, attended the dance in Fulton, Mississippi while most of her other classmates from Itawamba Agricultural High School reportedly partied at a separate prom that McMillen was not invited to.

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These people are adults? Seriously?  Huh
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« Reply #6 on: 06 Apr, 10, 02:57:PM »
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**** religion, ****ing destroy all organized religion  Angry Angry Angry Angry Angry Angry Angry.
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« Reply #7 on: 06 Apr, 10, 02:59:PM »
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Constance McMillen, Fake Prom? Itawamba Dance Was Kept Secret From Lesbian Teen

 

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« Reply #8 on: 06 Apr, 10, 04:17:PM »
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A better article http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2010/04/06/21625
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« Reply #9 on: 06 Apr, 10, 05:31:PM »
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I keep welling up...
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« Reply #10 on: 11 Apr, 10, 01:56:PM »
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It's sad that this could happen at any time,but to have it happen nowadays makes me sigh.
I'd heard about the original story at the top of the thread,but the links for the fake prom are news to me. Shocked Cruel.

The last link,including the old story of the black girl and her prom story,made me well up too.
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