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Same-sex couple barred from Lexington Catholic prom
kentucky.com ^ | 05/15/2012 | Jennifer Hewlett

Posted on 05/15/2012 9:35:53 AM PDT by massmike

Two female students say they were not allowed to attend Lexington Catholic High School's prom as a couple Saturday night, upsetting a number of students at the school.

Hope Decker, 18, a senior, and sophomore Tiffany Wright, 16, had already gotten their dresses for the event, but Friday afternoon they were told by school administrators they could not attend as a couple because of the church's stance on same-sex relationships, Wright said.

In an email Sunday, Lexington Catholic president Steve Angelucci said, "As a Catholic high school, we uphold every teaching of the Catholic Church. The policies and procedures of our school reflect those teachings."

When the couple tried to enter the school's gymnasium, where the prom was held, they were turned away, so Wright said they held their own prom in the school's parking lot.

"I would understand and respect the school's decision if they truly upheld church teachings," Wright said Sunday night. "They didn't forbid the entrance of all the couples who've had premarital sex and all the kids who planned to get drunk after the prom."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: catholicschools; homosexualagenda; prom; teens
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1 posted on 05/15/2012 9:35:58 AM PDT by massmike
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Hope Decker, 18, a senior, and sophomore Tiffany Wright, 16

Next week's special guests on "Ellen".......

2 posted on 05/15/2012 9:37:48 AM PDT by massmike (The choice is clear in November: Romney or Caligula!)
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To: massmike

Ahhh. I’m home.

I moved from my 45 year home of Seattle to KY last year. Every time there is a story about the latest hijinx coming from that liberal bastian I say, “yep, another reason why I needed to leave Seattle.”

But I need to start doing the reverse and I’ll start with this story:

“Yep, another reason why I moved to KY.”


3 posted on 05/15/2012 9:38:36 AM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: massmike

Obviously, the Church should have made an exeption for them. Mommy told them that they were “special”. < /s>


4 posted on 05/15/2012 9:39:16 AM PDT by Hodar ( Who needs laws; when this FEELS so right?)
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To: massmike
"They didn't forbid the entrance of all the couples who've had premarital sex and all the kids who planned to get drunk after the prom."

Obviously the school has magical powers to automatically determine which couples were having pre-marital sex, or were planning to get drunk that night.

5 posted on 05/15/2012 9:40:07 AM PDT by dfwgator
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Shocking. Not butch dykes
6 posted on 05/15/2012 9:40:20 AM PDT by trailhkr1 (All you need to know about Zimmerman, innocent = riots, manslaughter = riots, guilty = riots)
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“I would understand and respect the school’s decision if they truly upheld church teachings,” Wright said Sunday night. “They didn’t forbid the entrance of all the couples who’ve had premarital sex and all the kids who planned to get drunk after the prom.”

Two things:
1. Maybe if it were more obvious they would.
2. Sin is one thing. Broadcasting it proudly (same sex couple going to prom) is another.

And a third thing: How are they supposed to know who “plans” to get drunk afterward?


7 posted on 05/15/2012 9:40:29 AM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: trailhkr1

Probably bi.


8 posted on 05/15/2012 9:42:10 AM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: cuban leaf

No fair! You’re using logic! <sarc


9 posted on 05/15/2012 9:42:15 AM PDT by massmike (The choice is clear in November: Romney or Caligula!)
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To: cuban leaf

...or LUGS!


10 posted on 05/15/2012 9:43:10 AM PDT by massmike (The choice is clear in November: Romney or Caligula!)
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To: cuban leaf

They look like LUGs.


11 posted on 05/15/2012 9:44:48 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: massmike

Bet daddy is proud.


12 posted on 05/15/2012 9:45:01 AM PDT by Sybeck1 (If Romney needs my vote to win Mississippi, he is in a heck of a lot trouble more than me.)
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To: massmike

It’s easy. Straw men are all they have. It’s like the people who are against picture ID to vote because it is a financial hardship. That straw man is soaked in gasoline, just waiting for a stray match.


13 posted on 05/15/2012 9:45:01 AM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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Wow, the news crews sure got there quickly...almost as if this was a planned and coordinated confrontation. But, let's just stick with the story that after buying their dresses they were shocked to be turned away at the door and the news van just happened to be driving by trolling for a story.
14 posted on 05/15/2012 9:46:14 AM PDT by kevcol
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To: trailhkr1

Nah, more like Romy and Michelle.


15 posted on 05/15/2012 9:46:23 AM PDT by BelegStrongbow (St. Joseph, patron of fathers, pray for us!)
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To: massmike
This reminds me of stories where notorious homosexuals have tried to cause a stir because they were refused Communion at Mass. These gals trying to attend a Catholic prom together as a couple are obviously, in your face, sinners. Public sinners call out for public sanctions. There is also a matter of the seriousness of the sin. I don't believe drinking after a prom is equal to homosexual acts.

Good for the school for standing up for the teachings they agreed to impart to all students when their parents chose to send them to the school.

16 posted on 05/15/2012 9:47:34 AM PDT by Heartland Mom ("Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives." - Ronald Reagan)
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My vote is for “attention whores.”


17 posted on 05/15/2012 9:48:14 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: trailhkr1

The one on the right looks like a Judd.


18 posted on 05/15/2012 9:48:45 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: cuban leaf
I may have to move to Kentucky myself!Look what we have to deal with here in Massachusetts:

Boston Globe covers last week's two major "gay marriage" events with laughable bias.

In the first picture,the Globe had just a small Associated Press article on page 6,calling the North Carolina vote a "gay marriage prohibition."

The second photo is from the morning after Obama's comments, You would have thought it was the second VJ Day. The Globe devoted the entire top front page,two full inside pages, and the lead editorial to an announcement that surprised no one!

The first picture here is from the Boston Globe....taking a shot at the "religious right"... The second is from the "conservative" Boston Herald,which devoted an inside spread gushing about the news of Obama supporting gay "marriage".....


19 posted on 05/15/2012 9:50:54 AM PDT by massmike (The choice is clear in November: Romney or Caligula!)
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To: dfwgator

What is a lug?


20 posted on 05/15/2012 9:51:26 AM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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