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Judge won't force Miss. district to hold prom
Yahoo News ^
| 23 March 2010
| SHELIA BYRD
Posted on 03/23/2010 1:32:54 PM PDT by RabidBartender
JACKSON, Miss. – A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a Mississippi school district violated a lesbian student's rights by refusing to allow her to bring her girlfriend to the prom, but he said he would not force the school to hold the event.
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TOPICS: Education; Society
KEYWORDS: homosexualagenda; ms; prom; ruling
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To: RabidBartender
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posted on
03/23/2010 1:37:47 PM PDT
by
pnh102
(Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
To: RabidBartender
Where did this alleged “right” come from? I don’t see it listed anywhere.
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Judge rules on Mississippi lesbian prom case.
To: RabidBartender
Honest judge. It’s about time.
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posted on
03/23/2010 1:41:12 PM PDT
by
Grunthor
(Over YOUR dead body!)
To: pnh102
"McMillen said she encountered "hostility" from students who blamed her for the prom's cancellation. "You think?
To: cookiedough
"Where did this alleged “right” come from? I don’t see it listed anywhere." Freedom of Association. I'd start with the Constitution's 1st Amendment. It might be found there.
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posted on
03/23/2010 1:42:49 PM PDT
by
OldDeckHand
(USA - b. July 4, 1776 / d. March 21, 2010)
To: RabidBartender
Thanks for the ping. As I suspected - a right to freely associate and express, but no right to a prom. Sounds correct.
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posted on
03/23/2010 1:44:41 PM PDT
by
OldDeckHand
(USA - b. July 4, 1776 / d. March 21, 2010)
To: pnh102
Lawsuit fail. I wonder.If a Federal judge rules that a government entity "violated the rights" of a particular individual might that pave the way for the "injured" party to sue for monetary damages?
To: OldDeckHand
Man that darn constitution. :)
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posted on
03/23/2010 1:47:12 PM PDT
by
BenKenobi
("we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be")
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FYI - resolution to Mississippi prom case.
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I can’t seem to add this thread to the extended sidebar or to the Mississippi state topic. Could you please assist? Thanks in advance.
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posted on
03/23/2010 1:49:47 PM PDT
by
Pyro7480
("If you know how not to pray, take Joseph as your master, and you will not go astray." - St. Teresa)
To: RabidBartender
Hey, any government that can force you to buy insurance can force you to have a prom . . . and probably force you to go there as well!
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posted on
03/23/2010 1:50:47 PM PDT
by
Zionist Conspirator
(Hinneh, 'Anokhi sholeach lakhem 'et 'Eliyyah HaNavi'; lifney bo' yom HaShem hagadol vehanora'!)
To: Gay State Conservative
"If a Federal judge rules that a government entity "violated the rights" of a particular individual might that pave the way for the "injured" party to sue for monetary damages? " Without question. It happens every day in America. Sovereign immunity is not absolute. You may read up on it by researching 28 USC, Chapter 171 (could be 170)
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posted on
03/23/2010 1:50:52 PM PDT
by
OldDeckHand
(USA - b. July 4, 1776 / d. March 21, 2010)
To: RabidBartender
No prom, but the judge ruled her rights were violated. It’s still going to trial.
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posted on
03/23/2010 1:52:43 PM PDT
by
goldi
(')
To: RabidBartender
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posted on
03/23/2010 1:54:20 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: OldDeckHand
I'm sorry, I must have missed that. Did anyone deny this girl's right to associate with her girlfriend?
As I understand it, the First Amendment also guarantees freedom of speech and of the press, but does not require me to pay for someone else's platform, microphone, or ink cartridges. I don't see how the First Amendment would require her school to accommodate her and her girlfriend with a non-academic social event.
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posted on
03/23/2010 1:54:27 PM PDT
by
Mrs. Don-o
(Asked a clerk, Where's the self-help section? She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.)
To: RabidBartender
This story has read like satire but had they actually staged the thing for the sole benefit of this iconoclast attention-seeker (it has nothing to do with sexual orientation) it would have been the worst-attended prom in history.
But what a theme: “Two lesbians in an empty gym.”
Cue the Ani DiFranco music.
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