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Miss. teen gets second chance at ‘prom’
Natchez Democrat ^ | 04/09/10

Posted on 04/09/2010 2:31:36 AM PDT by jerry557

JACKSON (AP) — A teen who challenged a ban on same-sex prom dates will get a second chance to don a tuxedo and dance at an event in San Francisco often referred to as the ‘‘lesbian prom.’’

The National Center for Lesbian Rights has invited Constance McMillen and Ceara Sturgis, a Mississippi student who fought to wear a tuxedo in a yearbook photo, to its 33rd anniversary celebration on May 1.

The event is often referred to as the ‘‘lesbian prom,’’ said NCLR Executive Director Kate Kendell. Nearly 2,000 people are expected to attend the celebration in San Francisco, Kendell said.

‘‘With everything Constance has been through at her school over the past few weeks, we’re grateful for any chance to remind her that while her school violated her rights, she’s appreciated and respected all over the country for her fight to be treated equally,’’ Kendell wrote in a blog posted Thursday.

McMillen, 18, is a senior at Itawamba Agricultural High School in Fulton, Miss.

She and the American Civil Liberties Union challenged her school district’s rule that banned same-sex prom dates and a stipulation that only male students be allowed to wear tuxedos to the event. In response, the school district canceled its April 2 prom and later announced parents would sponsor another dance in its place.

The ACLU believes the parent-sponsored dance that McMillen attended on Friday was a ruse because only seven students showed up. McMillen says the rest of her peers partied at another location.

Kendell said the NCLR plans to pay for McMillen’s travel and give her ‘‘a weekend she’ll never forget. It will make all these other proms and fake-proms fade into distant memory.’’ The organization is also paying for Sturgis.

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KEYWORDS: aclu; gayprom; homescoolingisgood; homosexualagenda; homosexuals; lavendermafia; lesbian; prom; publicschools; sanfran; sanfrancisco; sf
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1 posted on 04/09/2010 2:31:37 AM PDT by jerry557
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To: jerry557
“The National Center For Lesbian Rights.”

Well then,we all know what THEY need...

2 posted on 04/09/2010 2:42:17 AM PDT by Happy Rain ( "Tyranny's End In 2010--Delivered From Hell In 2012!")
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To: jerry557

Well, there you have it. All’s well that ends well. The students didn’t have to put up with the lesbo’s B.S., and the attention whore gets her attention.

And they all lived happily ever after...


3 posted on 04/09/2010 2:42:41 AM PDT by Future Snake Eater ("Get out of the boat and walk on the water with us!”--Sen. Joe Biden)
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To: Happy Rain
Well then,we all know what THEY need...

Snap-on tools???

4 posted on 04/09/2010 3:11:30 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Obie Wan Nairobi from the 1/2 dark side. The farce strong with this one, it is...)
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To: jerry557

Damn attention whore! Freedom of Association is terrible to this lesbo!


5 posted on 04/09/2010 3:14:26 AM PDT by Sybeck1 (November can't come soon enough!)
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To: jerry557

Lesbians like other women right? So why would one want to go out with one dressed up like a man? Unless her date looks at her as a man, but then that would defeat the entire purpose. Wouldn’t it?


6 posted on 04/09/2010 3:19:03 AM PDT by BigCinBigD ('God helps he who helps himself.)
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To: jerry557
The ACLU believes the parent-sponsored dance that McMillen attended on Friday was a ruse because only seven students showed up. McMillen says the rest of her peers partied at another location.

So the ACLU and this person believe that the other students should be FORCED to attend a prom (that they do not wish to attend) with her?

I've always wondered... this kind of BS might be what helps to turns people against public schools in general. You notice that the private prom went off without a hitch. If we could get to the point where, because of endless lawsuits, private citizens were forced to organize proms, graduations, Christmas plays, extracurricular activities, then those can be more people who might just turn around and say F-This, why do we need public schools?

7 posted on 04/09/2010 3:19:07 AM PDT by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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To: BigCinBigD
You sound confused. Maybe this will help:

A gay young man from Khartoum,

Took a lesbian up to his room.

But they argued all night,

As to who had the right,

To do what, and with which and to whom!

8 posted on 04/09/2010 3:25:50 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: jerry557

She gets to go to a Freak show in San Francisco. Now isnt that “special”?


9 posted on 04/09/2010 3:26:54 AM PDT by Venturer
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To: pnh102

Just a observation about American history. I don’t think this prom business came around until the early part of the 1900’s. Typically, it was a social occasion in the local community to celebrate graduation.


10 posted on 04/09/2010 3:26:54 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: jerry557
while her school violated her rights

The term "My rights were violated!" has replaced "Can do!" as America's rallying cry.

11 posted on 04/09/2010 3:42:03 AM PDT by Darkwolf377 (Conservative Bostonian, atheist pro-lifer, mocker of those who haven't a clue)
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To: BigCinBigD

This is the one big thing about some homosexuals I will never understand. If you arnt attracted to the opposite gender, why are you attracted to someone who dresses/looks like the opposite gender?


12 posted on 04/09/2010 3:44:04 AM PDT by jerry557
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“This is the one big thing about some homosexuals I will never understand. If you arnt attracted to the opposite gender, why are you attracted to someone who dresses/looks like the opposite gender?”

Why, if lesbians don’t like men, do they dress like a man?


13 posted on 04/09/2010 4:11:22 AM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Beowulf9

LOL!

It’s a mystery.....like crop circles.


14 posted on 04/09/2010 4:20:19 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA (Thinking of using 911 for protection? Google "Brittany Zimmerman")
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To: jerry557

“Queen For a Day”


15 posted on 04/09/2010 4:23:04 AM PDT by AU72
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To: gov_bean_ counter

>”Snap-on tools???”

ME TOO! ME TOO!


16 posted on 04/09/2010 5:13:39 AM PDT by scoobysnak71 (I'm light skinned with no negro dialect. Could you milk me?)
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To: Beowulf9
>"Why, if lesbians don’t like men, do they dress like a man?"

Because of all the different styles and colors?


17 posted on 04/09/2010 5:15:15 AM PDT by scoobysnak71 (I'm light skinned with no negro dialect. Could you milk me?)
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To: AU72

This girl almost got a life lesson. “If you try to push other people around they don’t like you much.” The corollary being that sometimes people are smart and determined enough that you don’t get your way even when you try and sue them into it.

She might have grown up a bit and put “her rights” into perspective and realized that her desire to flaunt her differences doesn’t trump the rights of a community to celebrate a life passage event by their own shared traditions. Instead the LGBT radicals are rewarding her for getting in everyone’s face and preventing her from learning the effects of her actions.

I don’t give a bleep what people do in private but there is no way I am going to support and normalize a gay or transgender path. If they want to be people then they have the same rights as everyone else and are entitled to the same respect and individual opportunity as everyone else. If they are the personification of an agenda then all bets are off.

The LGBT community needs to respect the rights of others and stop acting like show off kids screaming look at me, I can be gross and you have to watch and pay for it with your tax dollars or I’ll sue you.


18 posted on 04/09/2010 5:17:50 AM PDT by JayGalt
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To: jerry557

Ceara Sturgis,

I thought the other girl’s parents did not want her name or picture published becasue she is a minor.


19 posted on 04/09/2010 5:18:17 AM PDT by kalee (The offences we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we engrave in marble. J Huett 1658)
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To: jerry557

Note that Ceara Sturgis isn’t McMillan’s girlfriend, she’s another girl who wanted to wear a tuxedo for her yearbook picture.

Personally, If some lesbian organization wants to spend their money on flying to lesbians out to California, and the parents are dumb enough to allow it, I don’t care, so long as it isn’t MY tax dollars.


20 posted on 04/09/2010 5:25:34 AM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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