Out at the Prom: More gay teens than ever are taking same-sex dates to prom.

Newsweek ^ | 6/9/2003 | Julie Scelfo

[caa26]

Out at the Prom

More gay teens than ever are taking same-sex dates to prom. And instead of sparking controversy, schools are saying, what’s the big deal?

By Julie Scelfo NEWSWEEK WEB EXCLUSIVE

June 9 — Allen Wolff readied himself for prom like millions of other teenage boys. On the afternoon of May 25, the 17-year-old from Syracuse, New York, showered and shaved, leaving intact a thin goatee, donned a rental tux and silver vest, then coated his normally spiky locks with a generous portion of hair gel.

AFTER ESCORTING HIS date into the balloon-enhanced splendor of the Baker High School prom, he enjoyed a night that he later described as “absolutely amazing.” “We danced, ate chocolate covered strawberries, chocolate chip cannolis, and drank lots and lots of soda,” he reported. Yet unlike the other boys at the dance, the date on his arm was not a winsome girl in a graceful dress, but Misko Lencek-Inagaki, a boy in a black tux and silver bowtie.

Allen and Misko are joining peers from Wisconsin to West Virginia in revolutionizing the traditional high school prom. More gay teens than ever are turning out for this year’s big night in gowns and tuxes—or gowns and gowns, or tuxes and tuxes. But instead of sparking controversy, schools across the country are welcoming them....

[caa26]

Another sign of the times, morality in this country is sliding further downwards and the public schools as usual are apathetic to it all.

Warning if you link to the article the photos may ruin your appetite.

[annyokie]

This kind of behaviour would never be tolerated at St. Elizabeth's.

[mwl1]

These photos do not ruin my appetite. Your hatred does.

[Old Professer]

Disdain, perhaps.

[brewcrew]

These photos do not ruin my appetite. Your hatred does.

How tolerant of you.

[Clint N. Suhks]

To think the parents of these kids don’t have them in reparative therapy instead of allowing them to flaunt their perversion as normal behavior is systemic of the influence from the homosexual activist groups, left wing media and the general apathy (dumbocrats) in this country.

[caa26]

Hatred? I could care less if people are gay, but a new trend of gay dates to the prom is not a good sign of the times. So chill out.

[MineralMan]

"These photos do not ruin my appetite. Your hatred does."

I agree. I'm an old, married, straight guy, but I could care less who takes whom to the Prom. What difference does it make?

There are other, far more serious problems for us to turn our energies toward. This is silly.

[george wythe]

Who cares?

What about straight boys and girls avoiding loose conduct and fornication?

That's probably more common than any inapproriate behavior among 2% of the population.

[Clint N. Suhks]

These photos do not ruin my appetite. Your hatred does.

Hating a behavior is not the same as hating a person and most people don’t. But ding, ding, ding! You’ve won the mind numbed, brain washed homosexual propaganda influence award. A week for you and your significant other at the rest stop bathroom on I95 in Broward County Florida.

Thank you for playing.

[Notwithstanding]

The title is pure deception: since NO teens ever did this in years past, if just one teen does it now "more teens than ever" are doing it.

[Ciexyz]

It's a new day and age. btt.

[tbpiper]

These photos do not ruin my appetite. Your hatred does.

I didn't see anything of hatered in the remarks, just a comment on the decline of morality. Do you not consider homosexuality to be immoral?

[mwl1]

Wow, you've really inspired me to visit south Florida with my wife of 18 years. I have two teenage sons. Both are, as far as I have been able to determine, heterosexual. I don't care whether they choose a man or woman as their life mate. I just want them to be insanely happy in their work and personal lives, to have stars in their eyes toward their special mate.

[tbpiper]

What difference does it make?

Because it is fundamentally wrong for society and destructive to the kids. But I suppose you being old and all don't really care about them, do you?

[RAT Patrol]

Your hatred does.

You flatter yourself too much. It is not hatred to disagree with you on moral issues. Cooing over misguided teens is stupidity.

[mwl1]

No, I do not consider homosexuality to be immoral.

[RAT Patrol]

The morality of a nation is a pretty serious issue.

[Gopher Broke]

The fact that Newsweek implies this is somehow "normal" just adds further proof of their liberal bias, via support of the homosexual agenda.

I hope that these proms will be attended by people willing to counsel these youths and get them out of the homosexual lifestyle.

[tbpiper]

No, I do not consider homosexuality to be immoral.

Why?