A lovely dress.
Posted on 12/19/2004 11:15:53 PM PST by DixieOklahoma
originally from spofga.org but can be found on georgiaheritagecoalition.org also.
Student files suit against school board
The Southern Legal Resource Center
News Release For additional information contact the SLRC at 828.669.5189/slrc@slrc-csa.org
For immediate release Friday, December 17, 2004 Student files suit against school board In Confederate prom dress case
LEXINGTON, KY – A young woman who was turned away from her high school prom because she was wearing a Confederate flag patterned evening gown will hold a press conference Monday after she files suit against the school board and officials who kept her out. Jacqueline Duty, a 2004 graduate of Russellville High School, is asking actual and punitive damages against the Russell Independent Board of Education, Superintendent Ronnie H. Back and Russell High Principal John Howard. The suit will be filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Lexington.
Following Monday’s filing, a press conference will be held at 1 p.m. on the steps of the U.S. Courthouse, 101 Barr Street. Ms. Duty will make a brief statement, as will her attorney, Earl Ray Neal, and officials of the Southern Legal Resource Center of Black Mountain, North Carolina, whose Chief Trial Counsel will act as co-counsel.
Former SLRC client Timothy Castorina, successful plaintiff in a landmark Sixth U.S. Circuit case that struck down a ban on Confederate-themed clothing in schools, is also expected to attend the press conference. Neal and Lyons/SLRC represented Castorina in the 5 ½ year court struggle
“Ms. Duty was intimidated and humiliated on what should have been one of the happiest nights of her young life by some very overzealous and wrong-headed people,” said SLRC Executive Director Roger McCredie. “She is entitled to vindication and we will work to see that she gets it.”
Earl Ray Neal is an attorney and adjunct Law Professor in Richmond, KY
The Southern Legal Resource Center is a nonprofit law firm that advocates on behalf of persons whose civil and constitutional rights have been violated in connection with expression of their Confederate heritage.
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FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, CONTACT: Roger McCredie (828) 669-5189 exec@slrc-csa.org rebscape@charter.net
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ahem Timothy Castorina, successful plaintiff in a landmark Sixth U.S. Circuit case that struck down a ban on Confederate-themed clothing in schools, is also expected to attend the press conference
That school district is in some deep do-do, and rightfully so.
A lovely dress.
A lovely dress.
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Ping!!!
I think she has a lawsuit, after all she is only wearing a red prom dress with a blue ribbon and stars, she looks quite patriotic. As they say at my school "you go girl".
A lovely smile!
Just imagine the stink the school would have raised if she had worn an American flag-based dress.
Yowsa.
I appreciate the freedom involved here, she should be able to wear this. However, the Confederate battle flag is a soldier's flag, a solemn remembrance, and a historical symbol. Wearing it on dresses, or bikinis, or using it as a modern political symbol diminishes this position.
Students are allowed --- if not encouraged to wear the flags or wave the flags of certain countries --- at least those deemed okay on the politically correct list --- it's fine for them to show their true patriotism --- which isn't to our country and their heritage.
Yes she does have a case I believe. For starters the 6th circuit court of appeals has overturned a rulling that schools could ban the confederate flag.
Also, if you look closely, one 'strand' of the southern cross (the big X of the battle flag) is overlapping the other. Which means that this dress isin't actually any flag known to man, as the real confederate battle flag has no overlapping.
I find it almost sad that one of the last states who joined the confederates and fought brother-against-brother and father-against-son is still battling over the right to use this flag.
Good article in this link:
http://members.aol.com/CintiCWRT/bluegrass.html
I'd cut her some slack. After all she was carring it into battle. What more appropriate situation would one use a flag for?
Yup. . .we all know the Civil War had nothing to do with states rights.
great,were about to have the civil war fought on here for the millionth time lol
yes it is lovely and so is the young lady wearing it. Personally I think the leftists have lost their minds since 11/2 ( the 9/11 of the liberals)
The issue is this: Liberals insist that we (conservatives) be tolerant of EVERYTHING they approve of and any reluctance is met with cries of bigot etc. Conversely any symbol they DON'T like is also bigoted whether its Merry Christmas, the cross on a state seal, under God in the allegiance or even the Confederate battle flag.
Can you pinheads see where this is going? They are setting ALL the rules about what is acceptable and I for one will not tolerate that any longer. Figure it out!
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