Some of the outfits were hilarious. I deleted it soon after I received it, but if any one still has it, they should post some of those as an example of very poor fashion tastes.
Cool. I have a Battle Flag jacket that I haven't worn in a couple years. Probably won't wear it again until I can strap on a pistol, too.
I'm really not sure why a battle flag would make a good design for a prom dress. Couldn't you wear the Bonnie Blue Flag or something instead?
If she needs more legal help, the Rutherford Institute will go to court for her to defend her rights.
Link: http://www.rutherford.org/
I remember reading somewhere that it is against protocol to wear the US flag as a garment - wonder if this applies to other flags as well? I too am curious if that gentelman is her date or her father perhaps?
bump for later read
We'll get to see if the principal and the school district are related to Timex, 'cause they are going to take a lick'n.
1. The lady, while a talented seamstress, is foolish to think something like this wouldn't happen. If she didn't, then her parents should have known.
2. People getting upset over the battle flag show their ignorance of history and what the "Stars and Bars" represents. I'd bet if she made a dress to match the Confederate States' flag, 9 out of 10 people would have no clue what it is; including the idiot of a principal.
Stylistic variation:
I'd bet a months pay that there is some Civil War re-enacting going on in that family.
I'm not criticizing it - it seems to me that a girl from such a family might be genuine with her pride and not doing it to get a rise.
I side with the schools position but not the stated reason.
No one should be allowed to desecrate the confederate flag by wearing it. It is far too noble a symbol to be used as clothing.
Now the UN flag OTOH would make a great grease rag........
Someone should inform the principal that the South lost.
This was just plain stupid on the part of the school.
It is just obvious that if there was an anti-american PC symbolism on a prom dress then that would be acceptable. If some wacko had worn a dress with a free the "cop killer de jour" that would be acceptable.
Where is the picture of the principle?
What a stupid lawsuit. Principals should be able to send home anyone who shows up dressed inappropriately for a school function, too bad that action isn't taken more often. Whatever happened to common sense?
The irony is that this stunt reinforces the stereotype of the Dixie-fanatics being a bunch of obsessed and wound-too-tight goofballs.
Personally, I think it's a beautiful dress.
Bump for later reading......this may get good when the rest of the DU crowd shows up.
Excerpts from Kentucky.com (Knight-Ridder's Lexington Herald Leader site) on this issue:
...Now Duty is suing the school district in U.S. District Court in Lexington, saying the school district and administrators violated her First Amendment right to free speech and her right to celebrate her heritage. She also is suing for defamation, false imprisonment and assault. She plans as well to sue for actual and punitive damages in excess of $50,000.
Her lawyer said Duty lost many scholarships because she was portrayed as a racist after the incident. Duty's mother added that her daughter graduated near the top of her class in May.
...Word of Duty's plans made its way to principal Sean Howard, who called Duty the night before the prom and told her not to wear the dress, her lawyers said. Duty's mother, Max Duty, tried to talk to school officials about their decision but those talks went nowhere, Neal said.
...Duty said she was surprised by the school's reaction. The school's dress code does not address or mention Confederate symbols or the flag, the lawsuit said. "We've all worn Confederate flags to school before," she said.
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They are going to win this suit but there is no way they're making 50K for it. I bet the jury gives them a dollar.
Look the girl can wear what she wants, but why do so many people here support her decision to do so? Many people in this forum tag the Democrats as traitors, but if you want an example of real traitors, look no further than the Confederacy.
Plotting against the US and its lawfully elected gov? Check.
Killing duly appointed US officials? Check.
Plotting with foreign powers against the US? Check.
Breaking oaths of allegiance to work against the interests of the nation? Check.
Now THAT'S treason.
Flame away Southerners, you know it's true.