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Post by ♫anna♫ on Mar 11, 2010 18:34:55 GMT
www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/11/mississippi-prom-canceled_n_494555.html QUOTE: JACKSON, Miss. — A northern Mississippi school district decided Wednesday not to host a high school prom after a lesbian student demanded she be able to attend with her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo. The Itawamba County 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. Instead, the school board met and issued a statement announcing it wouldn't host the event at Itawamba County Agricultural High School in Fulton, "due to the distractions to the educational process caused by recent events." The statement didn't mention McMillen or the ACLU. When asked by The Associated Press if McMillen's demand led to the cancellation, school board attorney Michele Floyd said she could only reference the statement. "It is our hope that private citizens will organize an event for the juniors and seniors," district officials said in the statement. "However, at this time, we feel that it is in the best interest of the Itawamba County School District, after taking into consideration the education, safety and well being of our students." The ACLU said a school policy banning same-sex prom dates violated McMillen's constitutional rights. Kristy Bennett, legal director for the ACLU of Mississippi, said the district was trying to avoid the issue. "But that doesn't take away their legal obligations to treat all the students fairly," Bennett said. "On Constance's behalf, this is unfair to her. All she's trying to do is assert her rights." Bennett said she wouldn't allow McMillen to comment on Wednesday, saying "she's still trying to process" the district's actions. Calls to McMillen's cell phone went unanswered.
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Post by iamjumbo on Mar 11, 2010 19:53:23 GMT
once again, the anti civil liberties union demonstrates it's abject stupidity. we also have another case of homosexuals trying to get superior rights instead of the totally equal rights that they already have. it's a travesty for this dyke to screw up the prom for the whole class, but, class is nonexistent with those such as her
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2010 19:57:14 GMT
This was carried by some of the British papers as well.
The whole concept of a school prom seems totally alien to my English mind, though I gather that they are becoming more popular in British schools.
A relation who taught in a Glasgow school told me about their 6th form dances; it was students and teachers only, and the dances were Scottish; the nearest equivalent I suppose would be square dances.
And Riot will understand when I say that my relation always made a polite excuse when invited to take part in Strip the Willow.
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Post by june on Mar 11, 2010 20:18:06 GMT
What a childish and spiteful thing for the school board to do.
So everyone gets to take a partner as long as it's one of the opposite sex - it's sometimes like being in the 1800's when you read about the goings on in America.
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Post by randomvioce on Mar 11, 2010 20:44:15 GMT
we also have another case of homosexuals trying to get superior rights instead of the totally equal rights that they already have. What superior right are they trying to get? All she want to do is take her partner to a dance? What person could possibly object to that?
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Post by riotgrrl on Mar 11, 2010 20:54:17 GMT
What a childish and spiteful thing for the school board to do. So everyone gets to take a partner as long as it's one of the opposite sex - it's sometimes like being in the 1800's when you read about the goings on in America. I share your opinion of this case, but it's important not to write off all Americans as nut-jobs. It's a big country, with all kinds of different people living there.
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Post by june on Mar 11, 2010 20:56:25 GMT
What a childish and spiteful thing for the school board to do. So everyone gets to take a partner as long as it's one of the opposite sex - it's sometimes like being in the 1800's when you read about the goings on in America. I share your opinion of this case, but it's important not to write off all Americans as nut-jobs. It's a big country, with all kinds of different people living there. Oh I have met some lovely Americans - hopefully the members here will start pasting a few inspiring stories about the good things that happen. Of course I am handily ignoring that the posters probably think these stories are the good things ;D
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Post by riotgrrl on Mar 11, 2010 20:57:15 GMT
I share your opinion of this case, but it's important not to write off all Americans as nut-jobs. It's a big country, with all kinds of different people living there. Oh I have met some lovely Americans - hopefully the members here will start pasting a few inspiring stories about the good things that happen. Of course I am handily ignoring that the posters probably think these stories are the good things ;D Why ignore them when challenging them is so much more fun?
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Post by june on Mar 11, 2010 21:09:44 GMT
Oh I have met some lovely Americans - hopefully the members here will start pasting a few inspiring stories about the good things that happen. Of course I am handily ignoring that the posters probably think these stories are the good things ;D Why ignore them when challenging them is so much more fun? It gets a bit deja vu after a while though. Who is your avatar by the way? (assuming it isn't you?)
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Post by riotgrrl on Mar 11, 2010 21:17:46 GMT
Why ignore them when challenging them is so much more fun? It gets a bit deja vu after a while though. Who is your avatar by the way? (assuming it isn't you?) Why assume it isn't me? Lol. It's Ceca the controversial Serbian turbo-folk singer. I am very interested in Balkans history and politics and long for the day that we get a good-going debate about the forthcoming ICJ judgement on Kosovo.
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Post by fretslider on Mar 11, 2010 21:19:45 GMT
It gets a bit deja vu after a while though. Who is your avatar by the way? (assuming it isn't you?) Why assume it isn't me? Lol. It's Ceca the controversial Serbian turbo-folk singer. I am very interested in Balkans history and politics and long for the day that we get a good-going debate about the forthcoming ICJ judgement on Kosovo. "turbo-folk" Is it fuel injected?
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Post by june on Mar 11, 2010 22:06:24 GMT
"turbo-folk" Is it fuel injected? She's a well proportioned woman that's for sure
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Post by Synonym on Mar 11, 2010 22:10:01 GMT
The ACLU said a school policy banning same-sex prom dates violated McMillen's constitutional rights.
If that was true wouldn't every state have same-sex marriage and adoption policies. I don't think that homosexual behaviour is particularly protected by the constitution, is it?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2010 22:13:34 GMT
How do proms work? I mean, can you attend without a partner, and if so, are you at a disadvantage?
I just can't get my head around the idea that they are a good thing.
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Post by Synonym on Mar 11, 2010 22:17:01 GMT
once again, the anti civil liberties union demonstrates it's abject stupidity. we also have another case of homosexuals trying to get superior rights instead of the totally equal rights that they already have. it's a travesty for this dyke to screw up the prom for the whole class, but, class is nonexistent with those such as her It is very likely that if homosexuals were granted the right to take a person of the same sex to the prom, the official wording wouldn't actually state that this privilege applies to homosexuals only - heterosexuals would presumably also have the option, if they wished. In other words, all that would change is that one equality would be substituted for another, with it remaining the case that no-one would have 'superior' rights to anyone else, on the grounds of their sexuality.
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Post by fretslider on Mar 11, 2010 22:25:24 GMT
"turbo-folk" Is it fuel injected? She's a well proportioned woman that's for sure I couldn't possibly comment
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Post by riotgrrl on Mar 11, 2010 22:29:39 GMT
How do proms work? I mean, can you attend without a partner, and if so, are you at a disadvantage? I just can't get my head around the idea that they are a good thing. Yup. First prom I ever came across was in 'Carrie'. Never been able to think of them as a benign thing since . . I mean, what's the point in prettying up in a nice dress when you're going to end up the night covered in pig's blood and stuff? And then there was the prom in 'Grease' . . . it seems to be an event where a bunch of 20-something year olds dress up as teenagers and get off with people who're not their girlfriends.
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Post by mouse on Mar 11, 2010 22:44:38 GMT
This was carried by some of the British papers as well. The whole concept of a school prom seems totally alien to my English mind, though I gather that they are becoming more popular in British schools. . i find it ailien too they had one at my grandsons school..much talk of tuxes and stretch limos etc he decided not to attend so we all went out to dinner instead
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♫anna♫
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Post by ♫anna♫ on Mar 12, 2010 3:51:58 GMT
Most lesbian bars and clubs exclude all males as customers and visitors! i support their right to do so! The homosexual community simply should respect the fact that there are exclusively heterosexual events too!
At any rate a lawsuit has been filed against the school! abcnews.go.com/Health/aclu-files-lawsuit-school-cancels-prom-lesbians-request/story?id=10076018Gay Teen Files Lawsuit Over Canceled Prom Constance McMillen, 18, Denied Permission to Bring Girlfriend, Wear a Tux to Prom By SARAH NETTER March 11, 2010— A Mississippi high school senior has filed suit to get the school's prom reinstated after officials canceled it because the young woman, an open lesbian, asked to attend with her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo. The lawsuit, filed today in U.S. District Court, charges that 18-year-old Constance McMillen's free speech rights were violated when school officials told her they would be enforcing the district's policy that prom dates must be of "opposite sex." McMillen is dating a sophomore girl at the school. She requested permission from the school's principal and the superintendent not only to bring her girlfriend, but to wear a tuxedo. She was told, according to the lawsuit, that the pair would have to arrive separately and could be thrown out "if any of the other students complained about their presence there together." McMillen was also told she could not wear a tuxedo, according to the suit, because boys are to attend in tuxedos and girls in dresses. On Wednesday, after the American Civil Liberties Union told the school board that banning same-sex dates violated the students' rights, the district canceled the April 2 prom for the entire school. "Constance is just a courageous person. Certainly it's not easy for her," said Christine Sun, senior counsel for the ACLU's LGBT Project. "The school has put her in an extremely difficult position, unfairly." In a statement issued today by the Itawamba County Board of Education, school officials said the prom was canceled after consideration for the "education, safety and well-being" of the students and that they hoped "private citizens" would take it upon themselves to throw the students a prom. McMillen was not named in the statement, but the statement said the decision to cancel the prom was "due to the distractions to the educational process caused by recent events." The lawsuit -- which also names Principal Trae Wiygul, Assistanct Principal Rick Mitchell and Superintendent Theresa McNeece -- requests not only that the prom be reinstated and the opposite-sex date policy be lifted, but that female students be allowed to wear tuxedos and that the school district admit its policies restricted its students' freedom of expression. "We certainly want a declaration that what the school district did was unconstitutional," Sun said, adding that the ACLU is planning to file an emergency motion to get the matter resolved in time for the prom to be reinstated. McMillen Made to Feel Uncomfortable at School After Prom Canceled Though some students have expressed support for McMillen, others have made it uncomfortable for her at school. One student, she told The Associated Press, told her, "Thanks for ruining my senior year." Junior Anna Watson, 17, told The Associated Press that she as looking forward to the prom, since the town's only hot spot is the bowling alley. "I am a little bummed out about it. I guess it's a decision that had to be made. Either way someone was going to get disappointed -- either Constance was or we were," Watson said. "I don't agree with homosexuality, but I can't change what another person thinks or does." Gay and lesbian rights in prom season have become a familiar fight for ALCU chapters all over the country. In the fall, the ACLU helped Alabama teenager Cynthia Stewart win permission to attend prom with her girlfriend after the school announced it would cancel the dance for everyone. Sun said they get about five to 10 such complaints each year. "It's really that it's becoming more and more of an issue because ... there's a lot more information out there for students so they know it's their right to be treated equally," she said. "Whereas before they thought, 'Well prom isn't for me because I'm gay.'"
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Post by trubble on Mar 12, 2010 6:09:47 GMT
once again, the anti civil liberties union demonstrates it's abject stupidity. we also have another case of homosexuals trying to get superior rights instead of the totally equal rights that they already have. it's a travesty for this dyke to screw up the prom for the whole class, but, class is nonexistent with those such as her What a complete misunderstanding of equality you have! If there were "totally equal" anything, this wouldn't even be an issue. "Equal" would mean that everyone in the class could attend the dance with or without the permission of the principal. If homosexuals are allowed in the school, it is blatant and disgusting discrimination to make them beg for a place at the school prom. The two people concerned are both students. The fight for women to be allowed to wear trousers was won long ago. The school deserves a good smack. The tuxedo issue is so passé. Here's Diane Keaton at the Oscars.
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