Constance McMillen Photo: AP
Posted on 04/07/2010 7:56:09 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Disappointment as US high school students snub 'lesbian-friendly prom'
Senior prom fell far short of the rite of passage Constance McMillen was hoping for when she began a legal battle to challenge a ban on same-sex dates.
Published: 7:00AM BST 07 Apr 2010
Constance McMillen Photo: AP
The 18-year-old lesbian student said that she was one of only seven students to show up at a private party chaperoned by school officials. She said the rest of her peers went to another private event where she wasn't invited.
"It was not the prom I imagined," she said. "It really hurts my feelings. These are still people who I've gone through school with, even teachers who loved me before this all started. I've never been a bad student and I don't feel like I deserve to be put through this."
Her case drew a national spotlight after she and the American Civil Liberties Union challenged an Itawamba County School District rule that banned same-sex prom dates and a requirement that only male students wear tuxedos. Proms are parties held for students, generally in their senior year in high school.
The ACLU sent a demand letter to Superintendent Teresa McNeece in February, saying the rules against same-sex prom dates and girls wearing tuxedos violated Miss McMillen's constitutional rights. The district responded by withdrawing its sponsorship and cancelling the April 2 event.
In an apparent compromise, school district officials said parents would organise a private event with school chaperones that Miss McMillen could attend.
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Bet they were stalking you.... they're the type. ;-)
Because this is the most entertaining thread we've read in a while.
(waves at everyone)
>> It is the only thing that would actually make sense from a genuine, real, Christian love outreach point of view. The other is like offering a picture of a glass of water to a (wo)man dying of thirst. If for appearance’ sake it is a very cheap appearance.
You’ve outright called me a closeted homosexual. When I ceased our conversation at that point, you continued to hound and harass incessantly through 300 posts — calling me a “troll” in response to virtually every post, suggesting I am some random jackass that was banned whenever, and you’ve seen fit to ping “All” and the Admin Moderator at every opportunity ...
... and now you’re going to lecture me on the true definition of Christian love and how proper Christian outreach should occur. I’m disinterested in your opinion of the functioning of true Christianity.
You’re a buffoon. Move along.
SnakeDoc
Teach!!!!!!!!!!!!! Great to see ya!
nice wrap up - particularly the point about consequences
I roll eyes when the almost inevitable loud, prolonged child tantrum occurs in busy public places during the daytime. The expected decorum of children is not what it was forty years ago.
I was in McDonald’s the other day and sat down to a sandwich and drink when I saw a Hispanic family at another table — a mom, dad, boy, and girl. The kids were running noisy rings around a partition, brushing against me on many of the circuits they made. I saw the girl actually SLAP the dad on the forehead — he acted like he didn’t notice. Now a McDonald’s is not a quiet sit down diner and to have kids talk out loud is normal there, but this was an unusual level of ruckus. I said nothing (I did stare at the boy for a few seconds and he slowed down momentarily) but was glad to see them go.
Woops, I don’t know how I got you. I was replying to Quix.
It would be a sin not to point out that you lied when you said I “called you a closeted homosexual.”
that is why we have feral kid roaming the streets.
A better headline would be ‘ATTENTION WHORE DENIED.’
I roll eyes when the almost inevitable loud, prolonged child tantrum occurs in busy public places during the daytime. The expected decorum of children is not what it was forty years ago.
I was in McDonald’s the other day and sat down to a sandwich and drink when I saw a Hispanic family at another table — a mom, dad, boy, and girl. The kids were running noisy rings around a partition, brushing against me on many of the circuits they made. I saw the girl actually SLAP the dad on the forehead — he acted like he didn’t notice. Now a McDonald’s is not a quiet sit down diner and to have kids talk out loud is normal there, but this was an unusual level of ruckus. I said nothing (I did stare at the boy for a few seconds and he slowed down momentarily) but was glad to see them go.
that’s funny!!
>> It would be a sin not to point out that you lied when you said I “called you a closeted homosexual.”
>> [From post 182] Or SD will turn out to be gay.
Move along, chief.
SnakeDoc
If you know what “or” means, then you know I did not call you a closeted homosexual. It would be a sin for me not to point this out.
Now move along. Out of here.
I couldn’t care less about your explanations — completely insufferable.
SnakeDoc
It would be a sin for me not to point out that you care nothing about the truth, simply about trying to pound home your hard, pointy head.
Move along.
It would be a sin for me not to point out that calling me a buffoon is insufferable, completely non-Christian behavior. While I am a Christian who sometimes sins, I doubt you are a Christian at all.
You are a troll. This conversation is over.
SnakeDoc
It would be a sin for me not to point out that even a donkey spoke brazen and convicting truth to a foolish person, like you.
You’re just encouraging him, you know.
Why interrupt this with good sense? :-)
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