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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LOL.
WELL SAID!
CONGRATS.
Thanks for the chat.
God’s best to all of you.
Hmmmm
That was . . . uhhh . . . interesting . . .
And not very communicative. Sorry. I’m not very good at such guessing games.
Thanks for responding.
>> What a load of crap so you want the ACLU and the courts to force people to attend events they don’t want to go to .I’m glad the kids decided to go galt
I defy you to find anywhere that I stated or implied that I believe the ACLU or Courts should force anyone to do anything.
SnakeDoc
Thank you for sharing your insights, dear brother in Christ!
Those would be better! I could also use something for the swollen foot I have on account of a terrible sunburn!!
now that we “kissed and made up” maybe it’s safe to say what charles may be getting at, would be the attempted reconciliation maneuver of asking Constance to the more heavily attended dance backfiring by getting the ACLU involved once more.
Does the sunburn pertain to the subject of lesbians and proms, or is this just a side issue? :p
(Try aloe vera gel on your sunburn. The inside of the actual plant is even better.)
Just a side issue.I’ve tried that sunburn gel but it didn’t work.My right foot is badly swollen,so much in fact that I can’t put a shoe on!I’m just glad to be back on my side of the state.W.Palm Beach is nice but I would not want to live there because of the hurricanes.That area seems more prone to getting them.I must say though the sunburn is less painful or annoying than these gays and their never-ending need to be heard!
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