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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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1 posted on 03/23/2010 1:32:54 PM PDT by RabidBartender
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To: bjorn14; PGR88; Scotsman will be Free; Mark was here; Gay State Conservative; Hodar; ...

Ping


2 posted on 03/23/2010 1:35:57 PM PDT by RabidBartender
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To: RabidBartender

Lawsuit fail.


3 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)
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To: RabidBartender

Where did this alleged “right” come from? I don’t see it listed anywhere.


4 posted on 03/23/2010 1:38:12 PM PDT by cookiedough
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Judge rules on Mississippi lesbian prom case.


5 posted on 03/23/2010 1:40:25 PM PDT by RabidBartender
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To: RabidBartender

Honest judge. It’s about time.


6 posted on 03/23/2010 1:41:12 PM PDT by Grunthor (Over YOUR dead body!)
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To: pnh102
"McMillen said she encountered "hostility" from students who blamed her for the prom's cancellation. "

You think?

7 posted on 03/23/2010 1:42:15 PM PDT by RabidBartender
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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.

8 posted on 03/23/2010 1:42:49 PM PDT by OldDeckHand (USA - b. July 4, 1776 / d. March 21, 2010)
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To: RabidBartender

Thanks for the ping. As I suspected - a right to freely associate and express, but no right to a prom. Sounds correct.


9 posted on 03/23/2010 1:44:41 PM PDT by OldDeckHand (USA - b. July 4, 1776 / d. March 21, 2010)
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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?

10 posted on 03/23/2010 1:45:46 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Host The Beer Summit-->Win The Nobel Peace Prize!)
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To: OldDeckHand

Man that darn constitution. :)


11 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.


12 posted on 03/23/2010 1:49:09 PM PDT by RabidBartender
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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.


13 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)
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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!
14 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'!)
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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)

15 posted on 03/23/2010 1:50:52 PM PDT by OldDeckHand (USA - b. July 4, 1776 / d. March 21, 2010)
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To: RabidBartender

No prom, but the judge ruled her rights were violated. It’s still going to trial.


16 posted on 03/23/2010 1:52:43 PM PDT by goldi (')
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To: RabidBartender

Thanks!


17 posted on 03/23/2010 1:54:20 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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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.

18 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.)
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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.


19 posted on 03/23/2010 1:58:40 PM PDT by relictele
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To: RabidBartender

Please, no pictures.


20 posted on 03/23/2010 1:58:56 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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