Posted on 04/01/2008 12:15:27 PM PDT by pissant
SCOTTSBORO - Jackson County Circuit Judge John Graham today ordered the Scottsboro City Board of Education to allow a gay couple to attend Scottsboro High School's senior-junior prom tonight.
Chelsea Overstreet, 17, a junior at the high school, and her date Lauren Martin, 16, a sophomore at the school, were initially told by school officials they could not attend because the school board does not allow students of the same sex to attend the prom together, their lawyer Parker Edmiston of Scottsboro said in a press conference this afternoon.
Because there is no state law specific to the issue, Graham cited a federal court ruling that prohibits public schools from barring same-sex couples from proms.
"It was a letdown" when they were told they couldn't go to the prom as a couple, said Martin's mother, Connnie Farrington of Scottsboro. She said her daughter had just bought a suit when a teacher told her about two weeks ago that she could not go to the prom unless she was with a boy.
But now she's ecstatic," she said, after hearing about the judge's ruling earlier today.
Both Martin and Overstreet attended the press conference. Martin was dressed in a tuxedo and Overstreet was in her prom dress. They were to have photographs made after the conference prior to going to the 8 p.m. prom at Scottsboro's Goosepond Civic Center.
Well, at least it’s not the Scottsboro Boys all over again!
What possible basis in law can there be for such a decision?
GUILTY!
Beat me by a half-second! LOL!
But not as big a letdown as finding out your kid's screwed up in the head, I suppose.
Well, since there are no “young men” who would want to escort either of these two to the prom . . .
Oh, puleez. They could have gone as single or doubled with two gay guys. But no, they wanted to make this into a big deal and wasted school funding that should have gone into text books or other supplies.
“Well, since there are no “young men” who would want to escort either of these two to the prom . . .”
The picnic table seems more appealing...
“She said her daughter had just bought a suit when a teacher told her about two weeks ago that she could not go to the prom unless she was with a boy.”
Hope she bought condoms for after the....oh wait.
Fail:
Pass:
Yep, that’s the point. It’s not about “just let us live our lives,” it’s about “LOOK AT ME!” It should be regarded as what it is, asinine preening.
That’s ridiculous. You can only have one queen at the prom.
She said her daughter had just bought a suit when a teacher told her about two weeks ago that she could not go to the prom unless she was with a boy.
How times have changed.......
The "he-dyke"? ... butt-ugly would be an improvement.
I’m sorry...I’m having difficulty determining which one is the “guy” in the relationship.
She ain't half-good either.
oops thought this was a male couple, shoulda read the article. yipes.
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